[steel_resolve]

Agreed - where are the flipping snipers with the head shot?!?!

[ClearCase_guy]

On TV it's easy for the snipers to be on scene and to take a clean headshot. One almost expects it.

I'm told that in real life it's not always quite so easy.

[IGOTMINE]

It sounds like the situation unfolded rapidly...I doubt their SWAT guys had even been activated.

[mbynack]

It's not always possible to use snipers. If the bad guy was in a hallway inside the building, a sniper isn't practical. In addition, a lot of smaller towns and cities don't have SWAT capabiities and they may not have had time to request SWAT support from a larger agency.