Police chiefs endorse anti-terror citizens watch (iWatch)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/3/09 | Eileen Sullivan and P. Solomon Banda - ap

[Grammy]

I have been to one of these training classes. Like many of you I was skeptical and wondering if it was part of the “civilian” patrol.

I was impressed with the information I got. They pointed out that there were at least 11 people who noticed something odd about Timothy McVey. One man in a boat watched some guys on the bank of the river mixing something and putting it back in the rental truck. He thought it odd that this activity would be going on in the middle of nowhere, but didn’t know who to call.

Now, you may call the local police with a report, and they may say “yeah, right, sure thing.” However if 3 or 4 reports come into the center saying “You know, I saw some middle eastern guys taking a lot of pictures of bridges, underneath and all around the support.” (or learning how to fly without landing or on and on) the center will start to put some pieces together.... just like we do here on Free Republic.

It is just an expansion of what was started after 9/11, when they asked truck drivers to keep their eyes open to anything odd.

I am not ready to write the program off yet.