Chicago Airport Police Told To "Run And Hide" During Active Shooter Situation

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[The All Knowing All Seeing Oz]

The nearly 300 unarmed police officers patrolling Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports have been told to “run and hide” during active shootings.

Internal aviation department documents obtained by CNN instruct officers not “to become part of the response” to an attack.

“If evacuation is not possible, you should find a place to hide where the active shooter is less likely to find you. Block entry to your hiding place and lock the door,” but Matt Brandon, secretary-treasurer of the airport officers union, told CNN they have serious issues with the protocol.

“These men and women are sent to the Chicago police academy, and trained as police officers, and being a former police officer, I know your first instinct is to go to the problem — not run away from the problem.”

“We’re nothing but casualties if you tell us to run and hide. And how can the public look at us if they see police officers running and hiding? That goes against the very oath we were sworn to that we took.”

Additionally, Miami-based security expert Wayne Black said he has “never heard of anything so crazy.”

“I mean, the concept in a post-9/11 world of having sworn law enforcement officers unarmed at an airport, not being able to take direct action — I don’t know what they are thinking.”

[The All Knowing All Seeing Oz]

First question:

Why are there unarmed police officers at America's busiest airport?

1980's police tactics were to withdraw from major armed confrontations, secure the perimeter, and wait for SWAT.

Problem is, as SWAT call-out took a minimum of 30 to 60 minutes.

San Bernadino, Charlie Habdo, and other incidents have now taught us that the conflictual situation will be over in less than 3 minutes. The LEO who gets there first has to be able to deal with the situation NOW!

O'Hare and Midway would be prime terr targets. Rahm's orders are, first, be very outgunned. (AK v. nothing) .... and then someone else will take care of it next Tuesday.... maybe! .

Idiocy.

[MeshugeMikey]

note to terrorists.....

[mylife]

Seriously, why are they unarmed? and what could they do?

[I want the USA back]

Deliberately misleading headline.

[Spok]

Liberals projecting their own cowardice.

[Capt. Tom]

The nearly 300 unarmed police officers patrolling Chicago's OHare and Midway airports have been told to run and hide during active shootings.
Internal aviation department documents obtained by CNN instruct officers not to become part of the response to an attack.

This is like life immitating art.

This commercial was out before this story made the news. Have you seen the commercial, where a bank is being robbed and the people lying on the floor are asking the uniformed security guard to do something, and he says he is just a bank "monitor"and his job is to tell people if the Bank is being robbed.
He then looks at the robbers and says to the people lying on the floor. The bank is being robbed. -Tom

[Two Kids' Dad]

Bad guys with guns should be met with:

A) Good guys with guns
B) unarmed lackeys hiding behind doors
C) innocent travelers minding their own business
D) a stern reprimand by a feckless politician after the fact

[Twinkie]

That’s comfortin’. %O(

[The All Knowing All Seeing Oz]

Not at all.

1, if they are going to go hide, as the memo instructs, do you expect them to stroll away, or run like hell!

2, they are told to hide.

Run & Hide = Run & Hide.

[sparklite2]

Here’s the source article.

Guidance to unarmed aviation police: Run and hide

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/30/us/unarmed-aviation-officers/

[Carry_Okie]

They’re paid handsomely to take risks in a job that isn’t all that risky from an actuarial perspective. So then they take the money while the union obsesses about “officer safety” and negotiates bizarro-world standards for “feeling threatened” as somehow justifies the use of deadly force.

[butlerweave]

so why are they there ? Save a Ton of Money and get rid of the 300 Police Officers . It seems the passengers are on their own anyway

[bigbob]

Most O’Hare cops won’t be able to figure out which way to run anyway

[DUMBGRUNT]

having sworn law enforcement officers unarmed at an airport, not being able to take direct action

This is the first place that calls them 'sworn officers'?

They are not members of the police union.
Simply a money grab by the union.

Matt Brandon, secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents the aviation police officers, said he doesn't understand why the officers are prohibited from carrying guns.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/30/us/unarmed-aviation-officers/index.html

[1rudeboy]

The police officers I’ve seen at O’Hare were armed to the teeth (and rather mean-looking). So these guys and gals are probably the ones giving directions to lost travelers.

[ZOOKER]

Liability issue?

If my "security" people are killed by terrorists after I forced them to disarm, am I responsible for their deaths?

[Lurker]

The best most O’Hare cops could do is a slow waddle.

L

[SandRat]

RALLY TO THE SOUNDS OF THE GUNS. ONWARD, ONWARD THE VALIANT WENT.

[Mears]

It IS misleading and more sloppy journalism,

The “run and hide” was put into quotes leading one to believe those were the words used. They weren’t.

Without the quotes it would be correct.

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[1rudeboy]

Hey, they might be big (and slow), but that’s what guns are for . . . at least until Rahm has his way.