11-03-2017, 01:48 PM
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Police say so many shoppers pulled their own guns out during the shooting at the Thornton Walmart that it stalled the identification of the actual shooter.
It took hours for officers reviewing store surveillance to determine which person was the escaped shooter.
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The presence of armed civilians at a crime scene can potentially be either a help or a hindrance to police, said Joseph Pollini, professor and deputy chair of the Law and Police Science Department at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
“It can work both ways,” said Pollini, who also worked 30 years as a New York City cop. “In one, you have law abiding citizens present at the scene of a shooting that could terminate it, assist in apprehending the individual. But generally as a rule, you turn to the police for that aspect. It’s not common for civilians to do the job of police, and the fact that they carry firearms can very much complicate things.”
Story: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/02/sho...-shooting/
Police say so many shoppers pulled their own guns out during the shooting at the Thornton Walmart that it stalled the identification of the actual shooter.
It took hours for officers reviewing store surveillance to determine which person was the escaped shooter.
Snip:
The presence of armed civilians at a crime scene can potentially be either a help or a hindrance to police, said Joseph Pollini, professor and deputy chair of the Law and Police Science Department at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
“It can work both ways,” said Pollini, who also worked 30 years as a New York City cop. “In one, you have law abiding citizens present at the scene of a shooting that could terminate it, assist in apprehending the individual. But generally as a rule, you turn to the police for that aspect. It’s not common for civilians to do the job of police, and the fact that they carry firearms can very much complicate things.”
Story: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/02/sho...-shooting/