<<<”Incidentally, the photos show a lot of sherrif’s vehicles, which means that a big part of that LE presence you are noting was drawn from the surrounding county. Just point of information as to how a small town can muster that much force.”>>>
Good point. We have a tendency to expect the cavalry and delta force to magically appear.
Yep, a desire for the security and response time of some kind of police state...without any additional costs or loss of freedoms of course :)