I the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting...when I was an active muni police officer...every sworn officer, from the chief, on down, received training in response, following either Federal and/or State- mandated, to active shooting in a school.
The gist of the message was this:
‘If you are the first officer on the call, YOU SHALL IMMEDIATELY ENTER THE BUILDING AND KILL THE ACTIVE SHOOTER. YOU SHALL NOT WAIT FOR BACKUP. STATISTICS SHOW, WHEN CONFRONTED WITH DEADLY FORCE, THE SHOOTER WILL EITHER KILL HIM OF HERSELF, GIVE UP, OR BE NEUTRALIZED BE YOU, THE FIRST AND ONLY OFFICER.
Following the strong message was this personal message from the armorer and training sergeant:
“If your’re not going to enter that school and do you duty, TAKE YOUR BADGE OFF AND RESIGN IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE.”
So why the clusterfuck at this recent shooting? What kind of man or woman with a badge and a vow would dither and delay in that situation?
This is crushing me. Whoever the first officer on the scene was, I pity than cop.
There was a ‘stand down’ order from on top.
This is a week or so before the NRA convention in Texas where Trump is to speak.
Ramos was arrested 4 years ago threatening to do this very act yet as still able to buy three guns - while listed his address as his grandparents (the grandfather was a felon prohibited from owning guns).
All by design.
Oh, and 18 minutes are now ‘missing’ from the police radio recording archive for that day (some NSFW language used):
https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/1529710536169910272
These folks are ‘in it to win it’ and don’t care who dies in the process.
This si the American side of the border version of Fast & Furious.
And thank you for your service.