Before I retired from DCMA, the Federal Protective Service sent briefers to our office on how the police roll in a mass shooting situation like Uvalde.
The first priority is to put police officers on top of the shooter immediately to keep the shooter busy with lawmen & not
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The first priority is to put police officers on top of the shooter immediately to keep the shooter busy with lawmen & not
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...civilians.
The FPS officer explained the Columbine shooting was when US law enforcement doctrine changed priority.
The 'militarization' of the police we have seen in the USA since then has been primarily about teaching law enforcement to deal with the mass shooting
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The FPS officer explained the Columbine shooting was when US law enforcement doctrine changed priority.
The 'militarization' of the police we have seen in the USA since then has been primarily about teaching law enforcement to deal with the mass shooting
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...situations by charging to the sound of the gunfire rather than waiting for SWAT teams.
A lot of police training is putting together standard operating procedures (SOP) for this, first in major cities, then smaller cities and finally reaching out to rural police forces.
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A lot of police training is putting together standard operating procedures (SOP) for this, first in major cities, then smaller cities and finally reaching out to rural police forces.
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All of this was background for teaching Federal employees how to react to police following that mass shooting SOP.
Short form: We were taught to run, hide, and when there was absolutely no other choice, fight.
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Short form: We were taught to run, hide, and when there was absolutely no other choice, fight.
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Most of our training was "how not to get shot by police" while running & hiding.
I had planned personal & 'office buddy' contingencies for all three options.
It doesn't look like any of this mass shooting training ever made it to Uvalde, Texas.
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I had planned personal & 'office buddy' contingencies for all three options.
It doesn't look like any of this mass shooting training ever made it to Uvalde, Texas.
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I did a DCMA site visit at a contractor aircraft maintenance facility in Uvalde.
They did maintenance on small corporate jets used by senior military commanders.
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They did maintenance on small corporate jets used by senior military commanders.
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I'm horrified about this on a number of levels.
Mostly because so many of these deaths could have been prevented if that post Columbine SOP I was taught had made it to Uvalde.
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Mostly because so many of these deaths could have been prevented if that post Columbine SOP I was taught had made it to Uvalde.
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