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A sheriff of a small town told me how they ended up spending thousands of dollars to SWAT team which he thinks he will never use. The reason ? After some school
by KorematsuFred 8y ago
A sheriff of a small town told me how they ended up spending thousands of dollars to SWAT team which he thinks he will never use. The reason ? After some school shooting in another end of USA the folks of his county wanted to know how their LEAs plan to defend the local schools. The correct response here was that they do not expect such law probability even and even if it happens there is very little they can actually do.
But public does not like it and hence they had to put together a fake plan and waste money. Which could have otherwise gone into preventing real crimes.
- ben509 8y agoHonestly, it's a bit like a doctor giving someone a sugar pill.
- r00fus 8y agoExcept it's a vulnerability to SWATings. Also the cost acquisition and maintenance is non-negligible. More like it's a sugary pill that gives you diarrhea that also does nothing useful.
- JohnFen 8y agoOne difference is that sugar pills can actually be very effective.
- asah 8y agoand don't cost $$$ (unless that's important for the placebo effect!)
- baddox 8y agoA doctor giving someone a sugar pill and telling them it’s an active ingredient is definitely illegal. Placebos are used in medical studies where the patients know that they might be receiving a placebo.