The question to ask is - why do cops automatically respond to an anonymous, untraceable phone call by LARPing Seal Team Six going into Fallujah?
Swatting can happen because since at least 9/11, Bush/Cheney. the patriot act, and a heavily ideological and politically marxist Obama DOJ, the FBI and our deep-state have taken complete control of America’s once independent local police forces
“The question to ask is - why do cops automatically respond to an anonymous, untraceable phone call...”
They err on the side of caution.
Their procedures could probably be improved, but they at least have to show up.