“At 36:00 an officer called for more units because he was “being over run” by a large group of citizens trying to steal his and other officers’ patrol cars.
This is the first time I’ve heard of this happening. We should be prepared for it.”
I heard this soon after it was reported. Told my wife I thought people were trying to get the shotguns and go after this bastard. I probably would have done it too.
Police have it tough, and the only thing that they can do is constantly train, train, train for any scenarios. Unfortunately, sometimes they are in reactionary mode which is why its always a “now go plan” as we referred to in my last unit in Afghan.
There was an account on facebook, daily mail, somewhere about two guys that “stole” a construction pickup truck. It had the keys in it. (The one guys stated he worked construction, and often the keys were left in the crappy trucks so the next shift could use it.)
They made two trips to the hospital with people stacked in the backend - estimated twenty people total. When they got back after the second trip the ambulances where there. He said there were a couple of nurses and ex-military with him and they did triage. They grabbed first aid kits out of nearby squad cars.
Being of the mindset of protection and all I can see where the cops (and my) first thought might be for the weapons in the cars. Glad that people with medical backgrounds and a heart for people were there too to think about helping the wounded.
I read of one guy, a young father, help a bunch of people escape, got them behind a car, etc. As he went to go guide another group in he was shot in the shoulder and the bullet went into his neck. A lot of blood lost, but he will be okay. Some cops came and helped him, tossed him into a pickup truck and the doctors said he almost didn’t make it from loss of blood.