Two SWAT Team members are reprimanded for responded to school shooting. Would you believe the things they can come up with?
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Officers Who Rushed to Parkland Shooting Were Punished
Officers Reprimanded for Responding to School Shooting
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Ozark Marine
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Unreal !!!
"Too many officers responding would create confusion and block access for first responders"???
That detective who said that is either a idiot, coward or political connected flunky appointed to the PD.
"Too many officers responding would create confusion and block access for first responders"???
That detective who said that is either a idiot, coward or political connected flunky appointed to the PD.
Targets Guy
US Veteran
Yep. They will punish anyone and blame anyone other than themselves. The mark of a strong organization.
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Reading the actual stories where Newser lifted this, it's an unfortunate situation. I'm sure the officers wanted to do the right thing.
But as a member of SWAT that's no excuse to violate procedures that apparently were put in place to prevent exactly this, uncontrolled, uncoordinated responses from unneeded officers, from happening.
As a department, I'd much rather have this issue than Broward's opposite problem, officers doing nothing. But some consequences are unavoidable or you're undermining your own protocol.
Since they are still on the job, just temporarily off SWAT duty, it seems not much more than a slap on the wrist.
But as a member of SWAT that's no excuse to violate procedures that apparently were put in place to prevent exactly this, uncontrolled, uncoordinated responses from unneeded officers, from happening.
As a department, I'd much rather have this issue than Broward's opposite problem, officers doing nothing. But some consequences are unavoidable or you're undermining your own protocol.
Since they are still on the job, just temporarily off SWAT duty, it seems not much more than a slap on the wrist.
Okay, as an active duty cop who has been a supervisor I can see that while these guys had the right reasons, they did the wrong thing.
No- one, not even their supervisors/dispatchers knew they were going. What if they had been required for an emergency in their own area?
If they had gotten to the scene unrecorded could they have been mistaken as the offender by other responders as both are described as detectives and would probably have been in plain clothes?
I am aware that every time I turn on my flashing lights and siren (at least a dozen times a shift) I create a hazard to other road users, so how did they respond? Ans if under lights and siren was the heightened hazard caused justified (health and safety as well as public safety are take into higher priority here at least year by year).
I can think of a few other issues relating to the scene controller that should be obvious to any cop who has had unknown colleagues turn up at a high danger present scene and make things worse, but it appears they sidn't actually get there.
Just this week I read a local briefing document outlining two situations where cops did the wrong thing for the right reasons. Both times it worked out but someone could have been badly injured or even killed.
And as to the final officers reprimand, the hazards of social media are real.
No- one, not even their supervisors/dispatchers knew they were going. What if they had been required for an emergency in their own area?
If they had gotten to the scene unrecorded could they have been mistaken as the offender by other responders as both are described as detectives and would probably have been in plain clothes?
I am aware that every time I turn on my flashing lights and siren (at least a dozen times a shift) I create a hazard to other road users, so how did they respond? Ans if under lights and siren was the heightened hazard caused justified (health and safety as well as public safety are take into higher priority here at least year by year).
I can think of a few other issues relating to the scene controller that should be obvious to any cop who has had unknown colleagues turn up at a high danger present scene and make things worse, but it appears they sidn't actually get there.
Just this week I read a local briefing document outlining two situations where cops did the wrong thing for the right reasons. Both times it worked out but someone could have been badly injured or even killed.
And as to the final officers reprimand, the hazards of social media are real.
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cpt-t
US Veteran
That is just truly unbelievable. But this sounds like a REMF amend types decision. Sometimes You just have to run to the sound of the guns. And to Hell with thoes bookworm types that just want to have meeting in the parking lot and eat donuts. At least these Officers had the brass to try and do what they are paid to do. But You can't ever please a Saturday Morning Quarterback, REMF amend type.
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