I can't help but feel like we're just being strung along at this point. Keep complying and everything will be fine...before you know it they'll be knocking on our doors and stringing US up. [/DoomerCommentOfTheDay]
You misunderstood me. We're on the same team, I'm just speaking to LE SOP's. in this case, if the local swat is not available then they'd most likely fall back on their next best option which happens to be federal bp swat.
Not sure why someone would downvote my comment on my real world experience, but whatever. Life goes on...
Being a tiny town like that I'd imagine 2 or more of the 6 officer (I saw a picture w 6 of them) we're unavailable. Sick? Vacation? Who knows... Just spitballin... So they had to call in BORTAC.
My city had two swat units to pull from despite being "part-time."
Former 5-0 here... Being a town of 16,000 I can guarantee that they had a part time swat team. That means it consists of officers who work throughout the department, on different shifts even, doing their assigned jobs. When swat is needed they are basically called up and have to report to a certain place at the pd, gear up and most likely travel to the location in a common vehicle.
This is how my much larger employer worked and we knew it would take approximately 45-60 min for them to show up.
My opinion, having taken active shooter training many times, responding officers should've stormed in. Even if they were by themselves. Even if I received an order to stand down I'd risk my job (and life) to go in there to stop the threat. How can these guys and gals live with themselves now, much like the Florida resource officer who ran away. Ugh.
I've been relatively obsessed with the video that was tweeted out by the 1st SF group last week. I was just listening to the song while working (yes, it's in my morning playlist now). Now, am I grasping at straws? Probably.
"Shadows in the sky Footsteps in night Behind me Targets in her sight Running out of life To save me
Red moon on the rise You say your last good nights While I keep getting by
Wolves hiding nearby Whispering do or die Around me
Not one single very Can say the soul of mine From drowning
Dripping from my eyes SEE IN RED TONIGHT As I wait to say my last goodbye
Gripping at my skin The wolves of night close in Around me
One a sleepless night Until the other side Can't save me
Dripping from my eyes See in red tonight As I wait to say my last goodbye"
-Eric Kinny, Last Goodbye
I would not be surprised at all if the Ukrainian units assassinated these poor civilians because they had accepted Russian aid (referencing that picture posted on here previously of the Russian aid boxes being strewn amongst the bodies).
I was present for a training session approximately 2 years ago by a human trafficking detective who travels wherever the super bowl is to train detectives. She said at that time it is the worst human trafficking day of the year. Again, this lady travels to train detectives in the area where the SB is being held...she's made a living out of it.
Apparently the glowies produced some new material and leaked it, or how the MSM is putting it, they were hacked. This screenshot is from a video where they were all doing their best to win an Oscar (posted above by DanR via catturd).
Habba habba