Very well put.
Four TRAINED cops, each with vests and each armed with a long gun should be a pretty safe operation.
So what bugs me is: Every sheriff’s deputy car I have seen has a long gun of some sort either in the gun rack in the front seat or in the trunk.
Further it will either be a .12 Ga riot gun or an AR 15 type.
So why did all four deputies leave long guns in the patrol cars and have only their side arms?
If in fact long guns were in their cars, it would indicate that they had no intention of going in.
Even so, four men with vests and modern high capacity pistols, properly trained, would be very formidable.
Whether not trained, not equipped or not real men, that department needs a new sheriff and a complete reorganization from top to bottom.
“So why did all four deputies leave long guns in the patrol cars and have only their side arms?
If in fact long guns were in their cars, it would indicate that they had no intention of going in.”
Good catch