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To: Cowgirl
The actions of the officers at Columbine were disgraceful. You might find this hard to believe, but a lot of police officers were highly critical of the officers in that event.

The term "Peace Officer" describes the patrolman who answers a call for service. SWAT teams were not formed to "Keep The Peace." They came into existence when crooks would hide in houses and shoot it out with officers. The teams were trained in cover and concealment, utilizing as much time as they need to bring a problem to a non lethal solution. Hostage negotiators are brought along when needed. As drug dealers became better armed with high power rifles and fully automatic weapons, it would be negligent to serve a warrant on high danger targets without SWAT. And even now, SWAT officers are killed on raids. If you have a fool proof idea on how to keep the casualties to zero, please post your thoughts.

118 posted on 04/14/2013 7:17:23 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Enterprise

“If you have a fool proof idea on how to keep the casualties to zero, please post your thoughts. “

Don’t break into people’s homes in the middle of the night.

That, amazingly, dramatically cuts down on the casualties of innocent homeowners and their pets.

Oh, you weren’t referring to the sovereign citizen?


119 posted on 04/15/2013 5:10:25 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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