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Originally Posted by The Reaper
As far as the national players, I think that is why the FBI HRT added regional teams, but you could still be the only people on the ground for several long hours. Do not assume that because the punk kids who have attacked schools so far represent the numbers, weapons, skill level, and expected duration of future threats or contacts. LE needs to plan for multiple contingencies, and worst case scenarios.
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Understood, but there are only 9 regional teams (to my knowledge), and I know of many, many, many people who are very much unimpressed with their capabilities.... opinions may vary.
Like you said, not every incident is going to be a Columbine.... and we know that. We are trying our best to incorporate the latest intel, techniques, and strategies into our training. We are training in schools, abandoned hospitals, using force on force, etc....
Look, we know we aren't the "A" team when it comes to this stuff, and it is going to be
OUR kids and families in these schools if something like this happens. My only point in getting involved in this thread was to say that most all of us
would rather have you guys handling these situations, but we also know that, due to time and distance, it is most likely going to fall on us.
Our main job isn't to be a CT force, and we know it..... but we are doing to best that we can to train for this eventuality. I just don't see how 5 pages of people telling us that we "are no Delta, don't have the training, mindset, experience, etc, that the military does" is productive..... we already
know that...... but we also know that we are going to be the first, and probably only, people there.
I once heard someone at a class ask, "What is the best SWAT unit in the country?"
The answer? Whichever one can get their asses there in time to make a difference. It doesn't matter how good LA, NY, or Dallas are, because they are in NY, LA, and Dallas........ For most of the active shooter situations that we have seen, the same can be said for Delta and DevGru.