Posted on 05/05/2014 5:52:31 PM PDT by logi_cal869
Serious gaps in communication and coordination by police agencies across California stymied last years manhunt for ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner and revealed weaknesses that could be exploited by more a formidable foe, according to a report issued Monday.
Read the KNBC story on the new report.
In some ways, Dorner was an anomaly -- a well-armed attacker who knew police tactics, stated the report from the Police Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based research group. But police chiefs and county sheriffs involved in the incident agree that a small force of knowledgeable terrorists bent on creating havoc could easily replicate such attacks.
The 120-page report also noted that weaknesses exposed during the 10-day hunt in February 2013 raised larger questions about unnecessary self-deployment -- meaning the tendency of officers from departments throughout a region to rush to the scene of a major event without advance notice or coordination.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
The whole Boston affair showed how ineffective the entire law enforcement community would have been against even modestly trained and skilled terrorists.
After shutting down most of the city of Watertown, and deploying tremendous resources, a single stupid, untrained, and wounded terrorist on foot, blocks away from the initial firefight which killed his accomplice, went undetected after a day of searching by the entire law enforcement operation. He was found by a local citizen who decided to go out into his back yard for a smoke.
Meanwhile, with a thankfully incapacitated terrorist a short distance away, the law enforcement types put on an outdoor press conference with the governor and other officials present. The location of the press conference was broadcast before the event. Had the attack been the work of trained terrorists instead of a couple of idiots, an utter disaster could have unfolded.
Although multiple people were killed, and many injured, the situation could have been much worse. All of the law enforcement organizations involved should study what went wrong, and ensure that in the future they can respond more effectively.
Apparently even the police don't understand much about how firearms work. Or that a lot of bullets travel faster than the speed of sound.
That’s a keeper.
And some of you here think they’ll be able to pull of martial law?
Sadly the concept that was the genesis of SWAT has morphed into a bungling bureaucratic system that now treats citizens as the enemy.
I don’t think there’s any going back. Once the civilian ‘training’ targets came out, Boston (and worse to come) was inevitable. New Orleans was a bit of a harbinger; wait til the next disaster or civil unrest...we’ll all know where we stand.
Remotely meaning they were humans driving pickups. Looking for a black guy, shot up 2 Hispanic women and a White guy.
Oh, I remember the Hillside Strangler(s). I grew up in L.A. in the 1970s and that case had everyone on edge, and even more so a decade later when the “claim jumper” (heh) was running around.
The Zodiac Killer is, for me at least, one of the most enigmatic cases in California history. Tied for that is the murder of Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia Murder).
I often wonder what happened to the Zodiac; did he just quit? Did he wind up incarcerated on a different matter and the authorities simply never put two and two together? Did he move to another state and keep up his grim harvesting of “slaves for the afterlife”?
I’d be willing to wager that he probably told people “Yep....I’m the Zodiac” and those folks probably replied, “Ah hahaha, you’re such a kidder”.
By now, if he’s still alive, he’d be an older man I figure. If he was in his 20s back in the late 60s/early 70s, he would have been born in the late 1940s to early 1950s I reckon; most likely, he was a Baby Boomer, and they’re pretty much at retirement age now, so if he’s still kicking, he’d be in his 70s or 80s. Maybe he’s in a nursing home for retired serial killers.
In any event, the Zodiac Killer will likely remain a fascinating case for armchair and amateur sleuths for decades to come.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.