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DelRMi05 t1_jeebcjm wrote

Reply to comment by Jebediah_Johnson in Nashville kids write notes to officers who ran into The Covenant School shooting by Due-Reading6335

In college I worked for campus security as a dispatcher. Really cool job. This was around the time of the Virginia Tech shootings. At that point our department would send reps to this massive conferences where entities from the region would get educated on security measures and how to respond to these types of incidents. Every type of law enforcement goes to these things.

Anyways, we ran active shooter drills on campus one summer and while I didn’t take part, my director explained to me the protocol that all law enforcement follows; eliminate the threat as quickly as possible. Period.

Which is why everyone knew any excuse made in Uvalde was complete and utter bullshit. Even the general public knew. Such a heinous example of our kids being let down.

Even if there was one officer there with a potato gun they’re not waiting for backup.

The faster we get Millennials and Gen Z into public office, the faster we have a chance to address the root of the problem.

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malphonso t1_jeee4hr wrote

The way my instructors explained it is that you, "stop the killing, so you can stop the dying. Get your ass in there and take them out."

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DelRMi05 t1_jeehfkv wrote

Exactly. I can barely keep My composure when you saw the bloated out body of a child in a pink jacket on the body cam, but in that situation you are specifically instructed to ignore casualties and eliminate the threat. It makes sense, it man that's got to weigh on you mentally. The responding officers did their job. Although we really shouldn't be in this situation to begin with.

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[deleted] t1_jeehjf2 wrote

>eliminate the anything that could possibly be perceived as a threat as quickly as possible. Period.

Hence "good guys with guns" being shot in the back by police while chasing active shooters.

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RotalumisEht t1_jef03q4 wrote

'Shoot anyone who has a gun and isn't in uniform' generally works as a response to mass shootings in countries with fewer guns than people. Those countries also have fewer mass shootings, though I'm sure that's entirely coincidental /s.

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NoLightOnMe t1_jeep19a wrote

> The faster we get Millennials and Gen Z into public office, the faster we have a chance to address the root of the problem.

So Millennials and Gen Z are going to work to enforce labor laws, worker rights, minimum wage laws so people can survive with dignity, force the insurance industry out as they implement single payer health care with the mental health support needed to prevent these shootings? Right? Or are you proposing more anti gun laws that go no where and won’t be enforced? Because that more of the same will only result in more dead kids at our schools.

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