tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5722862408842305488..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Officer wreck offers rare glimpse inside Austin SWATGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-92115575250679016002011-04-13T00:39:18.657-05:002011-04-13T00:39:18.657-05:00Why dont a few of you worms sitting behind a desk ...Why dont a few of you worms sitting behind a desk pushing paper go battle one day of Police Officers much less a SWAT officer. That just goes to show how clueless Austin/Travis County people are about the kind of peope filter through Austin. So the next time you have a problem DONT dial 911 because you can handle it on your own right? Why not just be appreciative for what they do for us..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87426915015630504182010-12-16T09:54:25.606-06:002010-12-16T09:54:25.606-06:00Ha, 'Shack attack':) I like it:) Especiall...Ha, 'Shack attack':) I like it:) Especially because it's true. The actual risk involved in 99% of swat responses just flat doesn't justify the money spent for every little town and hamlet to own their very own swat team. This is inarguable.As for the legal ramification comment, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't police be held to a HIGHER standard than us regular shmoes? And now tell me, ARE they? Seems to me that once you get a shiny tin badge, you also get a ton of license to do things that would land a civvie in the pen. I'll stop attacking 'em when they stop acting like jackasses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40092522445890926402010-12-16T00:11:17.854-06:002010-12-16T00:11:17.854-06:00"Only" about twice per month?
No city t..."Only" about twice per month?<br /><br />No city the size of Austin should need to be using SWAT teams even once a year. One has to wonder how many of those two incidents per month represent use of excessive or unnecessary force, for which the officer who makes the decision should be held responsible.<br /><br />Any officer so paranoid that he considers it necessary to go out with a SWAT team in the middle of the night to arrest some average citizen who has never confronted the law before is a Barney Fife and should have his gun and badge taken away before he hurts someone.jdgalthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236899779621301830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46178600851730010752010-12-15T23:13:27.488-06:002010-12-15T23:13:27.488-06:00Another brilliant steroetypical Shack attack on po...Another brilliant steroetypical Shack attack on police in general.<br /><br />Anon 2:31, you're on about the special treatment. That's where the problem starts. When you become special, the rules don't seem to apply as often or with the same force as it does to regular officers. This happens because members of the teams, or even other units in police departments entrench themselves in these positions and convince the higher ups that, but for them, the job could not be done. They become legends in their own minds. I would bet big money that this probably was not the first time this officer had driven in that condition in his city car and because he's "on call" 24-7. At least he didn't kill or injure someone or damage soemeone's stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58844710540424822172010-12-15T17:02:00.420-06:002010-12-15T17:02:00.420-06:00Wow, you're an expert on just about everything...Wow, you're an expert on just about everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45960246738801470872010-12-15T14:31:31.682-06:002010-12-15T14:31:31.682-06:00Wait, wait, wait! It's cool to be special! S...Wait, wait, wait! It's cool to be special! Special clothes, special weapons, special equipment, special hours. Oh, and special treatment. (Isn't that what the "T" stands for in SWAT?) That's why every department wants to have one. It's also about keeping up with the Joneses (HPD, NYPD, LAPD, Chicago PD, DEA, etc.):~)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8571833596735597322010-12-15T13:14:04.574-06:002010-12-15T13:14:04.574-06:00I'd like to see what (if any) legal ramificati...I'd like to see what (if any) legal ramifications this has for this guy over the next year or so. Also, I too would like to see the number of swat teams pared down, every little pissant copshop doesn't need their very own full time swat team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com