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HAd they been needed in the SWAT response to the school, they would have already been there.

Two members does not make a SWAT team.

I agree that the officers should be written up (not suspended, maybe grounded from SWAT for 2 weeks)because THEY LEFT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS 2 MEN DOWN. They left their assigned areas...which left those areas either short or devoid of a police presence. What would have happened had Mirimar needed their full SWAT team?

I know they are trained to run TO the danger, but there are discipline issues that they are also trained in. Act like a hot-head, and how dependable are you to the department? How can the chief be sure that they will always be where they're supposed to be?

I do think the punishment was too much. Great, now we've got two pissed off former SWAT guys running around.

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I hereby apologize for a less-than-factual rant. I did read the article, but somehow the fact that these two weren't on duty escaped me. So, they didn't leave their posts, no one had to cover for them, they didn't leave the department 2 men down.

So, instead of being grounded, they should get a write-up in their “permanent record”. Wow, scary stuff!

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They didn’t abandon their fellow SWAT team as they were not on-call at the time.
They were over 30 miles away from Miramar -a 45-90 minute drive.