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In my state there is a law that makes false call to 911 a criminal offense. If someone says "there is a bomb" on such call, that makes it more serious offence because this will cause public alarm. If the person making such call is stupid enough to do it from their phone, they will likely be identified and prosecuted. And people doing stupid things tend to be that stupid.
I'm not sure about damages caused by the raid, though. SWAT doesn't know if the threat is real or not, so they can't be held liable. Probably the victim can sue the caller, if they've been found...
How about the police do, idk, like 5 min of police work to verify literally any part of the story first?
Exactly. They treat this like a bomb threat when the perpetrator gets arrested, but completely gloss over the fact that the police are "the bomb" in this scenario and as human beings, they have full agency over their own actions. They should most definitely spend 5 minutes to determine the real situation but they dont because they never face accountability and just go off of whatever some random caller told them, especially when it means playing soldier.
things like this can often be very time sensitive, beyond that exactly how would they verify it?
Uvalde was time sensitive and real and yet we have video of police standing around in the hallways scrolling through Facebook on their phones while children were being murdered just feet away. Those pigs didn't face any accountability. Don't forget police took cases all the way to the Supreme Court to have it declared that they have zero duty to protect people.
Call people in the neighborhood, ask if anything is off? Send in a single car to scope out the scene, while keeping reinforcements in the wings? Ask 911 where the call originated, and adjust expectations based on that?
At least two of these things can be done while the police begins to move towards the destination, as intel gathering doesn't require policeman to be making the inquiries, just support staff.
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Fact of the matter, is that American police are the same breed of 'warrior' that Pete Hegseth is: Bloodthirsty, undisciplined, incompetent, and in service to powers of capital and hate, not the citizens they are supposed to serve.
Like what? Do you have an example?
I don't really believe that swat is necessary even in theory.
If someone is being held hostage, call in a negotiator. If it's a bomb, bomb squad. What precisely is the swat team for?
That's crazy talk!
Exactly, like asking "is the caller even in the same area? Who lives there? Is this place usually agitated?" Which seems like they would need to know before going in anyway...
They did, by asking chatgpt.