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"It's time to take it out of the hands of the damn authorities and return it to the locals."

Too many locals for proper co-ordination. This has got to have a central war room to be handled properly.

Too many locals for proper co-ordination. This has got to have a central war room to be handled properly.

You can be assured that they have a central war room.

"Too many locals for proper co-ordination. This has got to have a central war room to be handled properly."

This dude is an urban sniper. Most neighborhoods are nicely divided subdivisions. Many have HOAs and others are members of Crime Watch, which is a neighborhood by neighborhood organization. Each neighborhood can act as a "cell" that communicates to its immediate neighboring "cells" to indicate who and by what description the current watch is made up of.

Many neighborhoods are limited access and over time patterns and personal recognition will make things grow progressively smoother. As a side benefit, overall crime ~will~ decrease. The shooter has been firing, not into residential neighborhoods, but at businesses with open areas where sufficient time is available to choose a target, sight in the target, pull off a shot, and evacuate the area without being seen.

If some people would turn off their damned television sets, quit cruising the net for porn, and take a night off from bowling, they could use that surplus time to discuss with their neighbors and local businesses what areas seem to be the most vulnerable, and make those areas priority.

Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if some men of action aren't already beyond the "talking about it stage".

There is no particular need to coordinate things with government, since first government hates the idea that the population might be better off without them, and second, the government doesn't trust its citizens. It is only when a person collects a government employment check is that person automatically transformed into a completely trustworthy and responsibile person. Third, since government is the problem, and since there is invariably someone who is willing to leak information out (since their only interest in this situation is financial/ego), then centralizing the information will most certainly break down as government will demand rigidity, inflexibility, committee based assignments and regulation, will make demands on certifications, training, background checks - all the red tape that government specializes in.

It is sufficient to tell a patrolman who passes by, "I am here to watch the neighborhood - I have a bolt action 300 win mag, nightscope, a cell phone and a burning hatred for these perps. If you hear a loud gunshot - it will be mine, and the party on the other end are those who you are seeking. Have a nice evening, sir - here is a donut."