tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post4635288754530211855..comments2023-11-03T06:12:03.847-05:00Comments on Mrs. Linklater's Guide to the Universe: Suburban Police -- An Oxymoron?Mrs. Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16582230399160973531noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-12415072396855315382007-08-10T08:48:00.000-05:002007-08-10T08:48:00.000-05:00You should do what all the morons in Pleasantville...You should do what all the morons in Pleasantville do: Drive your car right up to the crime-scene tape, lean your head out the window and yell "I live right there! I need to get home!! Can't you just let ME through?"<br><br>You're right about suburban SWAT teams. Ours once went an entire year without a callout. We kinda wonder what they do together in that "Ready Room."<br><br>Not that there's anything wrong with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-56312979825023631962007-08-10T12:41:00.000-05:002007-08-10T12:41:00.000-05:00Well, since I happen to know some SWAT guys I know...Well, since I happen to know some SWAT guys I know they do get extensive training, going even out of state at times to train etc. We just never know the behind the scenes of what they do. Unfortunately, there is always a few officers (just like any other profession) who is going to make the rest look like total idiots! It is always the media too that just spins stuff so stupidly...like your posting on the bridge collapse! Someone could have a hangnail & they make it a person who has been fatally hurt! These reporters must have very boring lives to have to pump up all this excitement. Can you imagine them in their own daily lives with their families...ick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-15394190371034410792007-08-10T18:04:00.000-05:002007-08-10T18:04:00.000-05:00There's no way you'd get out of your driveway...There's no way you'd get out of your driveway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516392886578064543.post-36716297733718576862007-08-11T18:25:00.000-05:002007-08-11T18:25:00.000-05:00The news folks rarely get the story straight on th...The news folks rarely get the story straight on these things...what else is new?<br>You could go on over and dispense your special brand of Ask Mrs Linklater wisdom......<br>AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com