[behzinlea]

I was heartened to know that someone cared enough in that hell hole to tell the cops where this thug had retreated.

As for the closet scenario, there have got to be effective ways to approach and breach closet doors (or any interior door) to determine if they hide a threat without unduly compromising the safety of so many SWAT team members. Maybe the SWAT team members should stay a certain distance from one another to minimize the risk a single burst of gunfire through a door will hit more than one of them. I just don’t know. And I really don’t want to be seen finding fault with the SWAT team members in this instance. It could be that they did everything perfectly and that blind, stupid, bad luck did its deadly dirty work in this instance.

[Travis McGee]

Portable ballistic shields come to mind. Ankle to head coverage.

[El Gato]

I was heartened to know that someone cared enough in that hell hole to tell the cops where this thug had retreated.

And someone else cared enough to give one of the Motorcycle officers CPR.

Even in the worst neighborhoods, there are Good Guys. Which is what makes the job of the police in those neighborhoods so hard.