re: Woman threatens suicide, cops send SWAT team to apartment and kill her

The County sent their Suicide Squad to make sure the woman carried through with her threat.

Said the Police Chief, "We take them seriously now when they call in talking like that. We're tired of just showing up and then giving them a ride to the mental hospital. Our tanks have a better purpose than that."

It was mostly sarcasm, but since you bring up

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A guy with minimal education, minimal training, and minimal pay

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If you really believe these guys wanted to go in there and kill someone rather than resolve the situation peacefully

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I guess I have met my fair share of Billy Bobs with badges to know who has minimum training, pay and capabilities and know when to expect them to act as

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a marriage counselor, role model, Seal Team 6, and mental health professional along with multiple other suits they are supposed to wear

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My experience is that they tend to whatever is easiest, like most other professions. I certainly dont expect them to act as anything else than what they are trained to do. Its as you said, most arent trained to handle this, so they simply end up defending themselves as a matter of policy.

Wait until it gets dark. Have the electric company cut her lights off. Break the door down and send in a motorized robot, maybe a drone or two. Scare her like there is no tomorrow. She'll come running out of that house.

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went to an apartment Friday where an armed woman had barricaded herself inside

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shots were fired. She died at the scene.

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Well...she did have a gun