Police Surround Home After Prank 911 Hostage Call (Swatting)

WIFR ^ | Apr 21, 2015 | Mike Buda

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I believe there have already been cases of surprised citizens shooting back. I think there was a story along those lines in the last two weeks. I’m pretty sure there was an incident like that a couple of years ago where a cop was killed and the courts sided with the home owner.

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Exactly - the point is not to get tricked in the first dang place. Here in this county they have procedures with dispatchers and the LEOs to guard against that. There's been attempts at swatting but to my knowledge none of them have succeeded. The most memorable one was the time a swatter phoned one in while the intended victim was out talking to a deputy on his own front porch. Whoopsies - yeah, that perpetrator got swatted right back.

 

Those ding-a-lings at the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office were utterly incompetent. They just don't have an egg on their faces but an entire chicken farm worth.