Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
There is a lot of truth, I think, about the way crimes are reported, but I just can not realistically believe that the same people who manipulate stats for political gain, or even an artificially good policing record, would not want to squash a school shooter ASAP. That kind of crime is simply beyond the threshold of what can be swept under the rug, and any other action besides an immediate response will have the opposite affect of what they want.

I don't think it's too hard to believe that they did. In the world of multiple "expectations" and procedures on how to handle something to avoid going into litigation... regardless of training level I can see people freezing up, or flat out refusing to "do their job" in order to satisfy those above them that want it done a certain way. Or the whole "pass the buck" thing of waiting until the boss gets there. Seeing some of the vitriol out there and the way people treat each other... I can see it happening every day. So sad.