Bomb squads have drones to get a look from a distance, and equipment to sniff out chemical compounds - is it anfo, plastique. Is there a timer, or is it attached to a cell phone or the like that can be jammed or have cell service temporarily brought down.
For real dude, bomb squads don't exist to shrug their shoulders. You don't know how much time there is. Bomb gets called in and you don't go "well, it'll probably go off before we get there so why bother". Why even have a bomb squad then??
"Operator there's a knife wielding maniac who just broke into my home!"
"Well, we'd send someone, but what would a patrol car have time enough to do exactly?"
The EOD team could have investigated and determined if the situation was the type where they contain the scene and just let it go off, or if they decided there was too high a risk for that and attempt a defusing.
A good EOD team could have gathered a bunch of info about the RV before it went up - even if they couldn't disarm it
With stick cameras and/or keyhole cameras they could have investigated all around the RV and possibly inside if the main door wasn't triggered.
If the doors were triggered they could have put a keyhole camera through a vent to see what's inside - and where/how much explosive there was.
Knowing the condition of things and having video/images of the scene before it goes up can provide critical clues to the perpetrators.
That there was no investigation of the device/RV/area before detonation is something to ask questions about
The fact that officers were able to walk past so casually tells me that there either was no EOD team, or the EOD that was there was so inept they let people wander about the device
If you ever meet an EOD tech, ask them what their favorite brand of windex/glass cleaner is
Given how many times on Reddit I saw pictures of people clearly handling UXOs and saying "it's probably a mortar lol" I'm not surprised these cops just casually walked by without much feeling of danger. It's a weird feeling of implausible immunity, like "nah that couldn't happen, I'll be fine".
EOD isn't exactly something that mobilizes quickly, by the way. They likely are not just sitting around like firefighters waiting to jump in their gear and take off. SWAT teams also take quite some time to mobilize for similar reasons.
For serious. Bomb goes off and you'd think the first thing you'd do is run to assess the scene. Anyone hurt? What's the situation? Report in what you see if you are a coward, run deep into it if you have an ounce of civic duty in you.
Nope, just saunter back to your patrol car to get your 3a vest (lul), then casually walk over to the corner. Barely glances in the direction.
Can someone show me one decent cop out there? Just one video of a cop worthy of the praise we want to heap on them?
I've got some training in the area. Bomb squads don't just show up. It takes a lot of time for them to be deployed. I don't know how it is there, but where I'm at you're looking at an hour of you're lucky.
Cop didn’t even jump at explosion...
They were told it was going off and to do nothing. They knew over 30 mins before, no bomb squad or nothing. This was straight inside job. Glowie shit.
Bomb squads have drones to get a look from a distance, and equipment to sniff out chemical compounds - is it anfo, plastique. Is there a timer, or is it attached to a cell phone or the like that can be jammed or have cell service temporarily brought down.
For real dude, bomb squads don't exist to shrug their shoulders. You don't know how much time there is. Bomb gets called in and you don't go "well, it'll probably go off before we get there so why bother". Why even have a bomb squad then??
"Operator there's a knife wielding maniac who just broke into my home!"
"Well, we'd send someone, but what would a patrol car have time enough to do exactly?"
The EOD team could have investigated and determined if the situation was the type where they contain the scene and just let it go off, or if they decided there was too high a risk for that and attempt a defusing.
A good EOD team could have gathered a bunch of info about the RV before it went up - even if they couldn't disarm it
With stick cameras and/or keyhole cameras they could have investigated all around the RV and possibly inside if the main door wasn't triggered. If the doors were triggered they could have put a keyhole camera through a vent to see what's inside - and where/how much explosive there was.
Knowing the condition of things and having video/images of the scene before it goes up can provide critical clues to the perpetrators.
That there was no investigation of the device/RV/area before detonation is something to ask questions about
The fact that officers were able to walk past so casually tells me that there either was no EOD team, or the EOD that was there was so inept they let people wander about the device
If you ever meet an EOD tech, ask them what their favorite brand of windex/glass cleaner is
Apparently the EOD team was on their way.
Given how many times on Reddit I saw pictures of people clearly handling UXOs and saying "it's probably a mortar lol" I'm not surprised these cops just casually walked by without much feeling of danger. It's a weird feeling of implausible immunity, like "nah that couldn't happen, I'll be fine".
EOD isn't exactly something that mobilizes quickly, by the way. They likely are not just sitting around like firefighters waiting to jump in their gear and take off. SWAT teams also take quite some time to mobilize for similar reasons.
For serious. Bomb goes off and you'd think the first thing you'd do is run to assess the scene. Anyone hurt? What's the situation? Report in what you see if you are a coward, run deep into it if you have an ounce of civic duty in you.
Nope, just saunter back to your patrol car to get your 3a vest (lul), then casually walk over to the corner. Barely glances in the direction.
Can someone show me one decent cop out there? Just one video of a cop worthy of the praise we want to heap on them?
Just another day in Detr......er......nashville?
Detroit native here and lol'd
Any Detroiters!?
That just means they aren't Broward Cowards ;)
Even hardened troops would jump.
Oh for sure
I've got some training in the area. Bomb squads don't just show up. It takes a lot of time for them to be deployed. I don't know how it is there, but where I'm at you're looking at an hour of you're lucky.