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Originally Posted by JoeWilliams
30 minutes at the very best until a team is assembled, briefed, and ready to engage.
I think that time would be an excellent response time for a SWAT team.
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I would think 30 minutes would be an excellent time for SWAT to even show up at most of our schools... How many area's have SWAT teams on stand by? I'm in the Pleasant Valley school district so I'll use our schools as an example.
If a call was made to the PSP it would take at least 15 minutes for officers to leave their barracks and get to the main school area. They would have to come all the way across 209 from Leighton, All the way down 115 from Blakeslee (sp?) or up from below wind gap. The response time may be a little better if they are somewhere local responding to other calls (ie: accidents)
The VT Shootings lasted less then 11 minutes from first shot to suicide and 30+ people were dead.
The Columbine shooting lasted approx 50 minutes however all the killing occurred in less then 23 minutes (11:19 - 11:42). The rest was the standoff
The Northern Ill shooting lasted less then 5 minutes, 6 dead, 18 injured.
What does all this mean? Police cannot respond to an incident fast enough to make a difference unless they are already there on site. May police get there soon enough to prevent additional killing? maybe, but by then its already going to be to late.