You guys and this SWATTING incident...let me hit you with something else!

You guys and this SWATTING incident.

I tried to point out that there are incidents where it comes down to officer judgement and when its poor I HAVE PERSONALLY been on the opposite side of those cases with you folks.

But on this one I find it amazing that no one is taking the time to understand that this SWAT Team was primed to go face to face with an armed kidnapper and that the fault doesn't lie with the guys at the sharp end but the people sitting in the back in air conditioned (or heated) comfort, smoking and joking, having a good time and maybe even watching events playout like its some sick sporting event.

I'll simply ask you all to consider this.

You do know that dispatchers have Caller ID on anyone that calls in don't you?  You do know that "call blocking" doesn't work when it comes to the 911 service don't you?

Have you even considered that the dispatcher knew that the person that called this in was halfway across the country?

Did you even consider that they didn't gather even more information as to how he knew that there was a kidnapping/hostage taking in progress?

Did you even think that just MAYBE supervisors/the Chief...someone should have slowed the situation down and asked basic questions like...how does this fucker know something is going on?  Have we had any reports of disturbances in that neighborhood or at that address?

I WILL SECOND GUESS PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO BE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS SITTING IN WARMTH, DRINKING COFFEE.  THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THEM TO ALLOW THE SITUATION TO GO FORWARD.

My basic point is that if this was a better world, not perfect...simply better, then this whole thing would have been squashed between the dispatcher and her supervisor...long before it even made it to patrol units or SWAT.