ADDING to post no. 111:
http://www.investigativeproject.org/4019/in-his-own-words-boston-bomber-ties-attacks-to
For The Record - The IPT Blog
“IN HIS OWN WORDS: Boston Bomber Ties Attacks to His Faith”
by Frank Spano • May 16, 2013 at 3:09 pm
“Boston Commish: 3 lessons learned from marathon bombing
Commissioner Edward Davis made a point to share some lessons learned from the response to this terrorist attack that might benefit other agencies”
SNIPPET: “Lessons Learned
Commissioner Davis made a point to share some lessons learned from the response to this terrorist attack that might benefit other agencies:
• Tourniquets were critical to the survival of many of those injured by the bombs. As a result, all Boston police officers are now equipped with tourniquets.
• Cellular and satellite phones did not work during this response. The only form of communication was the police radio system. Other police agencies need to take this communication challenge seriously when they prepare and plan their responses.
• Have relationships with individuals in the media whom you can trust. There was a lot of misinformation being put out by the media. He recounted that it was very difficult to feed the media beast and do the investigation at the same time. He advised other agencies have strong social media personnel in place to handle the various accounts. After all, the police department’s Twitter account went from 53,000 followers to 304,000 and provided a great outlet for the agency to correct misinformation.”