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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Hey, just out of curiosity, what did the "warrior" SRO at Columbine do when confronted by two punks with a few small arms and no formal training?
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There is a reason that certain people gravitate toward the SRO job..... just like there are reasons that people enlist as a quartermaster or heating and cooling tech in the USAF rather than as an 18x. Not everyone on a PD, nor everyone in the Armed Forces, is a hard charger. At my PD, the people who are SRO's or DARE Officers are what we call "retired on duty".... take it for what it is worth.
That being said, would I like it if Delta were able to handle all domestic terror incidents? Sure. Why the hell not. It isn't a pissing contest for me, and I would loooooove to see the people best trained for the job there to handle it.
But, according to the data that we have compiled, the shooting sprees are lasting less than 20 minutes.... from beginning to end, 20 minutes. Can you get CAG or DevGru to my AO, suited up, and ready to go in under 20 minutes? If not, then it seems pointless to argue this issue.
Are cops the best asset for handling this situation? Hell no. But we may be all you have. Fortunately, we are much better trained, better armed, and better educated than we were 15 years ago. Our active shooter training is pretty thorough, utilizes real locations, and force on force training. Could it be better? Sure, but it's light years ahead of what was being done in the 1990s.
So, in closing, we are not the best people for the job... but in all probability, we are going to be the only people there in time to make a difference.