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.
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