No response to pulse

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Blaming the duty officer is typical FHP b.s looking to pass the blame. They are civilians, we don't work for civilians. Where was the Sergeant or the TWS? The decision should have been the 10-8 supervisors decision to make. And the responsibility should fall to his/her shoulders. And the PIO not knowing a SRT exits is an embarrassment. This place is an embarrassment. I hate this place. I hate everyone.

You work for civilians, you work for the taxpayers, the legislators. Who do you think you work for?

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bye dumbass

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To be fair your SRT isn't even close to a swat team. You guys don't have negotiations or eod and you lack much of the very basic equipment that makes a swat team. You have some guys with entry vests and long rifles.

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To be fair your SRT isn't even close to a swat team. You guys don't have negotiations or eod and you lack much of the very basic equipment that makes a swat team. You have some guys with entry vests and long rifles.

To be fair, this is a moot point. You are correct though. The point of this post is that no one responded because of an inept dispatcher and troop watch supervisor.

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To be fair, this is a moot point. You are correct though. The point of this post is that no one responded because of an inept dispatcher and troop watch supervisor.

Do you guys have the training and equipment to respond this kind of thing?

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You guys do not have a SWAT team that is true. Your team have crappy equipment, no training and no real area of responsibility. FHP no offense had no place at that incident, you guys never do any training for situations like this nor do you guys play well with any other agencies in the area. So it was probably the right move to just have you guys control traffic once the scene was secure.

Most of the troopers come from a military background. They joined FHP because they want to continue serving. We go through a very tough military style training for 27 weeks (at least most of us that went to the old academy). OPD, the SO and other agencies get their people from Valencia Community College or steal the best we have (not always). These agencies don't want to give up power in whatever jurisdiction they have. It's not that we don't do the training, it's your agency that don,t want us to! Their greatest fear (and your perhaps) is that FHP becomes a State Police. So never mind what's best to keep the citizens safe and let's keep FHP where they are.
After 911, all federal agencies were forced to come together under one agency, DHS. It's time for Florida to do the same before it's too late! Any decent trooper would not have resitated to go inside that club. To my fellow troopers I say, stay safe and no matter how these agencies or our own supervision puts down, do your job and do it well.
Semper fi!

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Do you guys have the training and equipment to respond this kind of thing?

Yes. It's called, go in and don't wait for three hours!

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Yes. It's called, go in and don't wait for three hours!

Which is why it's probably a good thing that we didn't respond. If you think that we were the best agency to respond and handle this, you are completely delusional. We don't have the equipment or the personnel to handle something like this. Now, would I have liked to have seen our road units respond to help with the evacuation of the wounded and help secure the perimeter? Absolutely! We have all been through active shooter training but once this transitioned from an active shooter event to a hostage situation, that completely changed the dynamics and we don't have the capability to deal with a hostage situation.

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To read this is painful, we all work together with one mission in mind. Public safety and the safety of our own. No matter who you are or what agency you work for we have policy's we have to follow like it or not. To think that FHP or any agency would purposely not respond is ridiculous. Things happen, we are all human mistakes are made by all of us everyday but we fix them and move on. Let's for once and for all get it together and stop pointing fingers and come together as one ( like it use to be years ago) so we can all go home at the end of our shift. I challenge all of you to stop being selfish and stop out with those blue and red lights flashing and ask if that LEO is ok instead of just driving by. We are quick to call repeat "The thin blue line" well let's all actually honor that! Old salty guy out! Bring back the 80's when we were all one!

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Most of the troopers come from a military background. They joined FHP because they want to continue serving. We go through a very tough military style training for 27 weeks (at least most of us that went to the old academy). OPD, the SO and other agencies get their people from Valencia Community College or steal the best we have (not always). These agencies don't want to give up power in whatever jurisdiction they have. It's not that we don't do the training, it's your agency that don,t want us to! Their greatest fear (and your perhaps) is that FHP becomes a State Police. So never mind what's best to keep the citizens safe and let's keep FHP where they are.
After 911, all federal agencies were forced to come together under one agency, DHS. It's time for Florida to do the same before it's too late! Any decent trooper would not have resitated to go inside that club. To my fellow troopers I say, stay safe and no matter how these agencies or our own supervision puts down, do your job and do it well.
Semper fi!

Ummm what? All federal agencies are not under DHS.