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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Having been responsible for homeland security related issues for many years, he is not wrong in his assessment. It took years for me to get my officers trained in rapid response (active shooter) because that stuff doesn’t happen here.

Understand that rural areas are very vulnerable. The area he is talking about is experiencing rapid growth so ‘out of towners’ will not stand out. If I wanted to cause fear I would hit rural America. Imagine an area where one or two officers are on duty PER COUNTY. One call ties up all the resources.

Anything any of our candidates say will be ridiculed. He is not wrong, but timing may not be right.


29 posted on 02/16/2012 3:33:06 PM PST by midcop402
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Read the article. Headlines are full of lies and all should know this. Come on, we have 2 choices here Newt or Rick? Have you heard from Newt lately? me neither


34 posted on 02/16/2012 3:35:42 PM PST by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: midcop402
Understand that rural areas are very vulnerable.

Except for the fact that rural areas also tend to be well armed.

The people on flight 93 knew what to do, but didn't have the necessary tools. They got 'er done anyway, albeit at a terrible price.

103 posted on 02/16/2012 5:23:22 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: midcop402
If I wanted to cause fear I would hit rural America. Imagine an area where one or two officers are on duty PER COUNTY. One call ties up all the resources.

While the DC sniper attacks were happening, I wondered if it was an al-Qaeda operation. But then I thought for a moment and concluded, nah, if it were AQ, there would be a team operating in each of the top ten population centers (and, at two terrorists per team, the head-count would have been only one more than 9/11, and the operating budget similar).

127 posted on 02/17/2012 11:17:22 AM PST by cynwoody
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