I think the body cam footage is from a local swat officer. I saw the edge of his shirt sleeve at the 1:04 mark (black short sleeve shirt) At the 2:14 mark you see another officer wearing black short sleeve shirt and it says SWAT on his back. Everyone else is wearing camouflage and is says police on their back.
He is initially taking cover standing behind a township police vehicle. He then talks to fellow officers in the area calling them out by first and last name. I doubt a secret service agent would know these officers by first name.
At the 2:46 mark you here an officer on the radio stating they need an ambulance for someone injured in the stands near the yellow crane.
You then hear sirens from the ambulances in the background.
At the 3:25 mark you hear a second officer stating they need an ambulance at the VIP tent.
At this point it seems they are all on the same radio frequency. This is where it gets interesting.
At the 8:55 mark the swat officer says, "I saw him on the roof, I dropped down and was calling out. Are we not on the same frequency?"
I wonder if someone had a radio jammer blocking radio transmissions in the area for a short time. Is this why Cheeto said they didn't have any radio communications?
If there were officers on the perimeter who were engaging the shooter (calling out on their radios) and officers at the rally who were all on the same frequency, they should have removed Trump from the stage.
SS radios being jammed? What the fuck are they running, Baofengs??
Local police radios being jammed. I assume maybe local police and secret service would be on different frequencies. But wouldn't it make more sense for everyone to be on the same frequency?
From the video there were local police at the rally and also local police engaging the shooter. The officer says he was calling out after spotting Crooks on the roof and asks if they were all on the same frequency. He seems to be under the impression that nobody could hear him.
In the interview with the chief of those cops a couple of weeks ago, he said they all were on the same frequency but no one was monitoring it from SS like they were supposed to.
I worked at a small suburban Sheriffs Office, any single event we did, whether it was training, a partnership with the state, or the feds, or was a SWAT call, the frequency we are operating on is broadcast in 5ways: -text to your work phone -several reminders via ALL frequencies -Email -Verbal via chain of commands -CAD (computer system)
This doesn’t include op orders beforehand
And this is some rural/suburban redneck sheriffs office
That's a good idea...5 ways
Probably had their radios off!
Jammed.
Raspberry.
Well, there's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry.
Lone Starr!
The $10 ones.
Kek! Probably Motorola's...not a radio defect if planned and we know it was..
"I wonder if someone had a radio jammer blocking radio transmissions in the area for a short time. Is this why Cheeto said they didn't have any radio communications?"
Folks...the hackles on the back of my neck just stood up. Here's why: I am retired active duty and was employed by the U.S. Navy assigned to the Counter Remote controlled improvided explosive devices Electonic Warfare arena, C.R.E.W. for short. Initially they worked shipboard platforms frequency jamming systems into smaller mobile systems for overseas use in Iraq & Afghanistan against the RFIEDs that were threatening our troops at Entry Control Points to bases and mobile patrol platforms. As the jamming systems improved and became more powerful & successful, the program was tasked USSS support for VIP (POTUS, VPOTUS, Foreign VIPs, UNGA, etc.) missions which also included support for campaign (RNC, DNC) trails as needed.
OK, so the point is.... the jamming systems are very real and are extremely effective......
Because of the classified sensitivity of what I did, I will not reveal anymore on said subject. If I could see air coverage photos of Butler, PA on that day......
Thank you for your input and thank you for your service. It only makes sense.
If they were trying to protect Crooks, give him enough time to get on the roof, get positioned to take his shots, eliminating radio traffic to officers inside the rally from those on the perimeter who were warning everyone about a shooter, using a jammer would explain why so many balls were dropped simultaneously.
Cheeto couldn't provide the radio communications because it would show a void of radio communication before the shooting and a return of radio communication after the shooting. It would be obvious what happened, people would start asking questions and draw the same conclusion as we are here.
My question in this is who had control of the jammer? This isn't a small system (hand held or man pack) that would have been used considering the area of coverage required.... it's one that would require 200+ watts of output and needs a decent sized support platform (mobile horse trailer size) to generate a decent blanket of coverage like the site in Butler.... This was planned....
Doesn't USSS use spread spectrum so they can't be jammed?
Depends on the system employed. That's all I will say.
The local cops chatter mentioned something about someone shutting down the cellular network when Trump took the stage (presumably they were referring to FirstNet)
Thank you for this vital info and God bless your Service Steppenwolfe! 🫡
Are these useful?
https://twitter.com/reuterspictures/status/1814632746188210456
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/butler-farm-show-directors-attempted-assassination-statement/
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/07/720/405/Aerial-view-aftermath-Trump-rally_02.jpg?ve=1&tl=1
Thank you but unfortunately these are "cropped" in terms of total area of site. Unlikely but the row of tents could be concealing what I'm looking for. Thanks again for your efforts. NCSWIC WWG1WGA
That officer is a Butler Township officer. He is the local guy who came from directing traffic to check out the situation. He calls the names of the other Butler twp. LEOs. You are correct that the radios were on on there end and everyone should have been informed and Trump should have been pulled.
Thanks for your continued local info yldngo!
A bunch of opportunities for any one of the cops that saw a guy on roof with gun that was clearly not one of them and matched the profile of perp reported over radio AND pictures sent by Greg the sniper.
Shoot the side arm at the ground and get everyone's attention would have been a good idea for one.
Seems far more likely that the SS simply ignored their radios.
How many clues do we need!