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Authorities brought 20 police cars, five SWAT officers, and drones to her house

https://www.twitch.tv/grammacrackers/clip/CharmingSolidNoodleKevinTurtle-CCpMMy7EX_W4v7_S

update: Found this video from local news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGeb3cuqLxE

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Funny how these supposedly specialized police officers have such a cool name, SWAT, because of course they do because it's the US and they have to look and sound cool and do cool stuff.

Never mind that they supposed to be serving and protecting the citizens

I know these specialized teams also exist in other countries. What are they called there? No fucking idea, but it ain't cool because in those countries, those guys are actually the real deal and they don't need cool nicknames or military equipment, they are there to do a job.

Fuck, the US always was such a shit show, why are you people allowing police to be so fucking put of control?

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

You thinking SWAT sounds cool is on you. Though the marketing does help, tv series, movies, games etc.

In Sweden we call our equivalent "Strike Force" but in swedish of course. And they basically have access to whatever they need to get the job done. That's why they exist. And personally, i think their name is pretty cool. It's very direct and you know instantly upon hearing it what it is they do.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

What country are you in?

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

why are you people allowing police to be so fucking put of control?

Two issues. One is that some asshole did a fraudulent call and police had to respond.

Other is that due to gun proliferation they can take it lightly and have to assume the worst

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

They can take it lightly, but they are trained away from de-escalation and critical thinking in general.

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I can't speak for anywhere else, but here in Canada, emergency response team is not a full time job (except in the largest metro areas). Members do regular police work until an emergency.

And even if the cities with full time ERT, they rarely respond as a full team. They are often dispatched to assist constables for other duties. It's very rare for a full rollout of a tactical ERT team here. And even more rare that shots are fired.

Edit: I am in no way a police expert, but I learned a lot when I worked on a rollout of a body camera program.