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At one point the article quotes the force, saying that they must take all calls as credible, and investigate. I can just imagine.. guy gets swatted, then the c
by b112 3y ago
At one point the article quotes the force, saying that they must take all calls as credible, and investigate.
I can just imagine.. guy gets swatted, then the cops stop coming, then he gets attacked for real ..
And at the same time, the officers responding have a right to protect themselves, which means treating it as credible.
Of course the middle ground is they respond as if real, except they just talk to the guy.
The problem 100% is the swatters. They should get decades in jail for repeated calls like this. And yes the swatters are harassing the guy, regardless of the police issue, any other stance is absurd.
And yes, the police should be working with the victim.
- throwaway14356 3y agoor they swat themselves before making the peperoni
- Geisterde 3y agoSorry I blew your dogs head off, I was defending myself after kicking your door in.
- ben_w 3y ago> saying that they must take all calls as credible, and investigate If "investigate" is limited to "send in team", then criminals can exploit this by calling in a dozen or so fake cases on the far side of the police jurisdiction to where they're actually going.
- jeltz 3y agoWhat if I call in 100 different houses? Do they still need to take those as credible? Of course not. The police here just lazy assholes.
- tharkun__ 3y agoNot 100% at all. Look at Brian Krebs from krebsonsecurity.com. The perps he's exposing have repeatedly tried to SWAT him. He says it's no use because he is on good terms with his local PD and they check with him now before they send someone. I doubt it took 47 times to arrive at that arrangement.