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Rhiannon12866

(206,277 posts) Fri May 27, 2022, 01:45 AM May 2022

Real World Mass Shooting Puts Police Training To The Test - Ali Velshi - MSNBC Prime

Radley Balko, columnist for the Washington Post, talks about the different facets of the police response to the gun massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and the factors that shaped that response as we understand it so far. Aired on 05/26/2022.

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"Swat teams are primarily used to serve drug warrants and they're not prepared to handle ... Jim__ May 2022 #1

Jim__

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1. "Swat teams are primarily used to serve drug warrants and they're not prepared to handle ...

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Fri May 27, 2022, 05:21 AM

May 2022

... situations like this." - the quote is approximate.

OK, it may be valid to use SWAT teams to serve drug warrants. But it seems like they should be prepared to quickly - almost immediately - respond to these types of situations. It seems like these types of situations are the primary reason most people accept police having SWAT teams.

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