Posted on 05/27/2022 6:32:44 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Multiple law enforcement sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that part of the delay in stopping the barricaded elementary school shooter hinged on a deadly mix of the shooter’s defensive tactics and the lack of needed gear. Specifically, officers lacked the ballistic shield needed to enter the classroom with the barricaded shooter.
Attempting to breach the door without a ballistic shield would have resulted in certain death for the officers which could have provided the shooter with the officers’ weapons and ammunition. There is also the possibility that the shooter could have taken police communications gear off of the officers’ bodies, thereby giving the shooter the ability to listen to police movement and plans.
A Border Patrol source with knowledge of the methods used by the hastily formed team of law enforcement officers to engage the suspect described the difficulty faced by the officers. The source, with decades of prior experience on the Border Patrol’s elite BORTAC team, says the situation became much more difficult to resolve once the shooter barricaded himself in the classroom.
The source, not authorized to speak to the media, told Breitbart Texas a barricaded subject is the most difficult tactical situation to resolve. In this case, the source says the shooter most likely planned the attack days or weeks in advance, perhaps prior to the purchase of two AR-15 style rifles and the ammunition he carried onto the school grounds.
According to the source, officers at the scene who had been trained in advanced tactical procedures located a level IV ballistic shield. This tool allowed them to approach the shooter without immediately being killed. A United States Marshal Service employee acquired the necessary ballistic shield that ultimately allowed the quickly formed tactical team to enter the building and reach the barricaded shooter.
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I hate to say it, but the photos of those decked-out cops reminds of the “stolen valor” guys. You know, the guys with all the fake medals and ribbons on their chest. It’s all for show. And it’s a lousy show at that.
Know what’s worst than keyboard commandos?
Keystone kops!
At least keyboard commandos don’t suck up taxpayer’s money.
Do the police want cheese to go with their whine?
Too many “police” seem to be cowards, abusers, or dog killers.
I am losing some of the respect I used to have for law enforcement.
The infamous “18 minute gap”
Smells like Watergate!
re: flash-bang grenades / smoke
My first thought too. Just ridiculous.
And even if he was expecting the entry, one guy should be able to put enough lead in the air to keep his head down while his partner enters.
Time to buy stock in ballistic shield manufacturers.
Scares law abiding citizens which may be the main purpose.
Dammit.
The school has all those windows and the oops believe that they had to make entry through one door?
This stinks to high heaven.
Many small communities with scaled back police departments. My little town has maybe two officers on duty at a time, armed with sidearms, hard to approach someone shooting at you with a rifle if there is much distance between them.Every body talks about all the cops standing around but who was in charge calling the shots, who was the coordinating officer telling them where they needed to be. Lot of information we don’t know
That, is a great idea about sending in multiple police dogs. And it would have worked.
Generational thing maybe? Guess from the pictures which men ran across a paddy with no cover under withering machine gun fire to build positions to take on the enemy and lay some waste to enemy positions? And which men did not advance for some reason and found themselves hopelessly pinned down and chewed up by the fire?
*note the lack of 'ballistic shields', vests etc. just uniform shirts.
“Not believing some of the replys here. You have a shooter holed up in a room with a rifle pointed at the door, without a shield how do you enter without being immediately killed. Bunch of keyboard commandos for sure.would anyone here enter a door knowing it would be instant death?”
Thank you for some balance.
Here comes the litany of excuses.
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The whole narrative is unbelievable. On Tuesday the story went from a teacher and student admitted to a local hospital to 20 people dead in about 5 minutes. The official narrative gets less believable every hour.
No, those board meeting cops are cowards, they are punishing people for free speech.
Classrooms have windows... :|
Apparently most of, (but maybe not all) the good cops have quit after being vilified over the last few years. Now what you have are do-nothings that just want to put in their time and collect a pension.
Police could have distracted the shooter from the windows. Officers could then enter the door
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