• bobburger@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    From what I see what went wrong is letting the speech continue after receiving a report of a gunmen, and then even worse they let the speech continue after visually confirming the gunmen.

    The cop should have radiod “investigatig a gunmen on this rooftop” and as soon as he did they should have stopped the speech and gotten Trump to safety.

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      5 months ago

      I could see them let it go on after a report - I’d expect they get a lot of threats and possibly fake reports too.

      But for the rest… yea… as soon as he was sighted the security detail should have been on the move to cover trump.

      Considering how people get shot for looking like they are thinking of a weapon when near the cops, it’s shocking that the counter snipers didn’t immediately shoot him once he aimed the gun at the officer.

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          I’m neither a cop nor a secret service agent, but I would expect that they cooperate to some degree at least on these events. Doesn’t even need to be much, just stand a cop with a radio next to an agent with a radio somewhere so they can immediately pass on information to each other and relay it to their respective colleagues. Armed shooter sighted on roof seems like a worthy bit of intel to wanna pass along.

          If they don’t have the means to relay information to each other… that seems rather shortsighted on both sides.

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            4 months ago

            There will be a site command where all LE coordinate for this exact reason. The command vehicle/tent will have some relay equipment which allows radio interoperability but it’s not typically used unless needed. Just coordinating via the separate branch commanders is typically preferred.

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          They put the radios on the same channel. Or they have a command center with a relay, or even just a person repeating messages.

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      5 months ago

      Maybe. I don’t know what their threshold is for validity of a report before they take action.

      I do think that if the officer had tried to intervene and gotten shot, the guy would have immediately been shot by one of the snipers, maybe fast enough that he wouldn’t have gotten a shot off at Trump. All I can do is speculate; I don’t know what their policy is. But in his place, I probably would have done the same kind of thing, like putting my hands up and taking a step back until I get reinforcements or snipers take him out. But I guess there wasn’t time for that.

      But yeah, after confirming a gunman they definitely should have hustled him off the stage.