It may have been my suggestion to send a negotiator in to chat, getting the suspect to expose himself for something really spectacular. Hey, those guys want attention, right?
[Okay, okay...he's in the window in the upper right corner.... On the way!]
I see, er "saw." :-))
There is indeed nothing quite like a quiet afternoon in the burbs. At least they can't call it "cruel," but it would indeed be "unusual."
What's wrong with unusual anyway? I kinda like it.