First check this out from American Mercenary...
So the end of Frein's story is already clear, either he will die by cop, or be captured. So far he hasn't removed himself from the area of operations, didn't build a tribe or support network to escape and evade, and is now plastered on every BOLO (be on the look out) list of every law enforcement agency.AM is absolutely right of course. A quick "lessons learned" from both the Frein and Dorner affairs tells me one thing.
So the lesson to learn here is clear, if you are going to commit a crime don't fail at basic OPSEC. Don't write a manifesto. Don't leave shell casings in your vehicle. Don't use your cell phone. Don't keep trophies.
I don't know why people do these things, but I suspect it is because they want others to know of the rightness of their cause, of how they were so aggrieved that murder was justified, or some other nonsense.
They ignored basic military planning (even though both supposedly had military training). A recruit just out of Marine Boot Camp could have avoided many of the mistakes these two made/are making by simply employing the BAMCIS ditty.
Law Enforcement is lucky. Theses guys were operating off what seems to be some type of martyr complex. They wanted to be known for "doing this thing". One day soon LEO's will be faced with opponents that seek only victory, not fame.
And I'd bet body parts that those people are studying police response to both these incidents as we speak.
Yeah, most criminals are caught because they are stupid. They don't take care to solve the most basic issues or cover up the most basic parts of the body that leave evidence at a scene, like using gloves and a mask. Our LEO are over accessorized, but still have relied on their opponents being idiots a lot of the time.
ReplyDeleteI fear for the day when an actually intelligent criminal decides to take to crime and leave without so much as a trace.
The thing is most random murders would never get solved if the person that committed them would keep their mouth shut. Thankfully most people murder for a reason and have a motive. I still don't understand how LEOs are "over accessorized". Do you mean the pens, note pad, flashlights, gun, taser, pepper spray, baton, med kit, and body armor?
ReplyDeleteTony- MRAPS ring a bell?
DeleteYes, but thats in place of them having to buy a bearcat, though I say its short sighted. The Bearcat has a large upfront cost, but a smaller logistics cost in the long run. I guess some departments have been smart and got 2 MRAPs 1 to use and 1 to use as parts. They are still used the same as any other armored car would be.
Deleteand once again you miss the real issue. the issue is that Bearcats, MRAPs or whatever are now being labeled as rescue vehicles when they're anything but. additionally we're seeing SWAT teams rolled out on what would in the past be simple warrants given by plain clothes detectives. now people are suiting up.
Deletethe police are out of control. maybe if you used that type firepower in the rough sections of town it woudl be accepted but the hard core crimminals are being ignored and police are aiming there weapons at ordinary people. that's unacceptable.
As far as I know police are using those assets for warrants and active shooter events, now in the past year the active shooter events have been widened in scope. This I see as political to make the public "feel" like the police are doing something.I see this as nothing but a show for the cameras, because we all know its going to take 30min at best for a swat team to show up with all their cool toys. Where I am at swat is used for high risk search warrants then lesser warrants are run by the specialized units like narcotics. By high risk they define that by anyone with intel of having a weapon.
DeleteNow most drug houses may be hit by swat due to the fact guns and drug dealing kinda go hand in hand. Now if we could get a jury to accept evidence that is found in a home when the dealer is gone then swat could be used much less. As it stands in our post NCIS tv show world juries want bad people arrested in the same house as their bad products.
By the way swat is really used for a small amount of search warrants. Most are handled by detectives with a few patrol officers along for security. Its just the only search warrants you really hear about are swat warrants.
As far as them being called rescue vehicles that is the politically correct nonthreatening term to use. Though they will be used for rescue if an area is to dangerous for a normal vehicle extraction. I can say I'd rather have an MRAP or armored vehicle between me and an active shooter than a squad car with soft body armor hanging from windows during a vehicle extraction.
Bad stuff and bad people live in "normal" areas of town. I work the rough area, but I go to the "normal" area to get bigger busts.
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