Gonna develop and implement a plan in less that 3 minutes? That's all it took for the shootings.
they took their guns - but did did they leave them the standard issue sticks of chalk - for assessing the aftermath?
Question: these guys were off duty, on their own time. Are they not allowed to act in times of public danger as private citizens?
I don’t want to live anywhere where LEOs are going to stand down until there is a plan. Or where LEOs hide or do nothing while people are being murdered.
Several years ago there was a situation where 2 murderers ended up holing up in a house out in the sticks in this area. The first LEO on the scene realized there was a hostage...every LEO in this area responded. There was a big shoot out, only the bad guys were killed. Hostage saved, problem solved. It was very wild west, but very effective. We don’t have SWAT teams or other fancy LEO, or high tech gear, but we have people that will give their life if need be to do their job.
It sounds like in a city only certain people are allowed to respond, and then most are not allowed to do anything even if they are right there. I do not want to live anywhere like that. I don’t understand that the very people who live in places like that think they want gun control. Makes zero sense, are they not aware their LEO will not protect them even if they are in the parking lot?
Cops are never off duty. They see a crime occurring, it is their duty to respond.