"On a serious note though, I'd be surprised if charges weren't brought against them.
People died because they didn't do their jobs.:"
This is the real tragedy. If the police officers came to work that day and simply followed procedure...well I can't actually say that because I read that it was CORRECT PROCEDURE for 1 person to be transporting 1 inmate. In fact they can transfer 4 inmates to 1 guard...so I guess the procedure was jacked up from the beginning.....but how about a little common sense though...would that have been too much to ask?
By the way...major Kudos to the woman (smith) who got him to surrender. She seemed to be using her head more than the police...In fact let me think how many mistakes they've made:
1: 51 Year old female ( gender really shouldn't matter...but I live in the real world...so it does)
2: Not locking down entire court house
3: The Honda fiasco
4: Not shutting down mass transit....He took a bus to northern atlanta...then he killed again
I could probably go on and add a few I'm sure I missed but you get the point.
I hear that!
Common sense says that you have people posted at either end of the holding cell hallway.
That, and people watching the cameras are supposed to be watching the cameras.
But as my Seargent always jokingly said, "No! That makes too much sense! NEVER make sense!"
The biggest mistake is having an armed deputy within striking distance of the prisoner and not having an armed deputy about 10 feet away. If they had that set up, this probably would never have happened.