Statement from Trump team: Trump's cabinet nominees are getting threats and swatted.
(twitter.com)
🏛️ PANIC IN DC 🏛️
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It seems like law enforcement should have more sophisticated means of identifying who is calling them. Most people that engage in swatting use various VoIP services (voice over internet protocol) to hide their identity. Law enforcement should at least be able to know if a service like that is being used, and if it was a real emergency who is going to set up a voip call to report it?
And to anyone thinking it's a just a prank, realize you can get people killed (that is a whole other issue that should NOT be possible but I digress). In most jurisdictions it is a felony to do this, and you can end up with a multi-year sentence if caught.
Maybe policy should be never to accept such calls without face video, or in person at the station. No pure voice calls. Might be a reason to restore the practice of having police call boxes (monitored against vandalism).
They should also have sophisticated means of not being retards and seeing who the target is. Whether it is MTG or someone else, they really should pause and consider if they are being pranked. It's bad enough that they act on livestreaming computer gamer Youtubers like this, let alone high-profile politicians. This is absurd.