Here in rural New England, we still have annual town meetings, and local govt is quite transparent. I suspect we would quickly shift our select board to take on more authority, and likely add a few positions such as “town militia commander”, “community garden supervisor” (after we created more community food gardens), and create a neighborhood watch system under auspices of our local constable or sheriff’s dept members.
Of course post SHTF, we may want to have a rapid shift in who runs things. Those unprepared may want the person running the community food shelf to now run the town and take care of them… Others may want less of a localized Big Brother.
Great/very thought provoking post!