Thread by @WFLAJB

(1/7) Let’s discuss something. Long thread here on #BrianLaundrie.

Josh Taylor of @NorthPortPolice reiterated Friday that tracking Brian Laundrie’s whereabouts in September was limited by where they were in the investigation at the time. He wasn’t a suspect / wanted for a crime.

(2/7) Taylor on 9/17: “We don’t track residents.”

Taylor on 10/8: Doing “everything within the law that we could” to monitor him.

Taylor on 10/22: “He wasn’t wanted. There are certain thing you can do with surveillance & intelligence … where there’s certain charges.”

(3/7) On @NewsNationNow Friday night, @BrianEntin reported that there were hidden cameras setup by police around the Laundrie home *before* #BrianLaundrie went missing. So you can’t track residents but you can setup hidden cameras to provide surveillance of them?

(4/7) Just so we’re clear: you can’t have a local police officer parked on a public street to follow #BrianLaundrie in his Mustang on public roads over to a public park within your jurisdiction? But you can install hidden cameras to monitor your POI and his family?

(5/7) Trying to gain a better understanding of how #BrianLaundrie was able to vanish. Was it “human error” by police? Was it a failure in police policy? Did @NorthPortPolice not have the resources/manpower necessary to have an officer assigned to following Brian & the Mustang?

(6/7) The best answer we get is from Taylor talking to @BrianEntin Friday. Skip ahead to 0:48.

https://twitter.com/brianentin/status/1451729717086851075?s=21/video/1

(7/7) Josh Taylor of @NorthPortPolice on @NewsNationNow:

“Our intention was to keep an eye on Brian. Clearly him going out there, we missed him going out there.” #BrianLaundrie

(8/7) One more here. As many astute followers have noted, #BrianLaundrie wasn’t officially named a POI until 9/15. Regardless of the label however, why were cameras setup to monitor the Laundries but not enough police attention to trail his Mustang on public roads to the NP park?

(9/7) Some are misinterpreting. This isn’t meant to be a criticism of Taylor. He’s the *spokesperson* for the dept.

This is an inquiry on NPPD’s policy and tactics. Trying to determine: was it a major police error that allowed BL to vanish? Or a systemic flaw? #BrianLaundrie