I have mixed feelings on this. I understand the mentality of rushing to the sound of gunfire, but on 9/11, we had fire companies from all over the city rushing to the trade center without being dispatched or approved by Battalion. We also had PD officers doing the same. Had their been a follow on attack or a secondary device or attack, we would not have been adequately able to respond to the second scene. Consequentially, we had multiple mos killed standing in a staging area, that they didn’t need to be in. From the performance of the BCSO, these SWAT officers could have been the victims of a blue on blue shooting had they rolled up in plainclothes with AR-15s locked and loaded. But suspending them seems a bit harsh.
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I understand the mentality of rushing to the sound of gunfire, but on 9/11, we had fire companies from all over the city rushing to the trade center without being dispatched or approved by Battalion. We also had PD officers doing the same. Had their been a follow on attack or a secondary device or attack, we would not have been adequately able to respond to the second scene. Consequentially, we had multiple mos killed standing in a staging area, that they didn’t need to be in.
Didn't happen...And in no one's wildest imagination would those buildings fall down...And since Columbine, police depts. across the Nation have been training for incidents like the one in Fla., so they say...
From the performance of the BCSO, these SWAT officers could have been the victims of a blue on blue shooting had they rolled up in plainclothes with AR-15s locked and loaded.
I suspect from the years of training these SWAT members have gone thru, those scenarios have been covered extensively...
The kops apparently were waiting for the shooting to stop, hoping the killer ran out of ammo or killed himself...The top priority is that those guys in blue/green make it home safely after the fact...
What's interesting is that this crazed killer knew enough to stop shooting and remove his garb and blend in with the crowd before any cops showed up in the building...