Another apparent example of exemplary cops - this time in Pittsburgh.

[Stinky The Clown]

I am talking here about one specific point: When they showed the first video from the scene, the cops running toward the synagogue, and therefore the shooter, were not the ones in body armor, looking like a camouflage version of Star Wars troopers. They were ordinary patrol cops dressed in their patrol uniforms.

[lapfog_1]

1. unlike the guy at Parkland who "took a position" while waiting for backup

not that I would want to face the choice of confronting a shooter with an AR-15 like assault rifle.

[RHMerriman]

2. Before Columbine, standard tactic was containment and talk the hostage taker into surrender...

Afterwards, with he understanding that these are generally murder-suicides in the making, standard tactic has become immediate engagement of the suspect.

That's partly why the Parkland HS situation was so shocking to most LE; the campus cop did not engage, which goes against the tactics that have been more or less standards for a decade.