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DHS to Border Patrol: Run Away

JHos Wrote: Jul 02, 2012 10:18 AM

Border patrol agents should inform the shooter(s) that the local law enforcement has been notified and they had better leave or else. The shooter(s) will already have their hands full though as agents will be peppering them with authorized harsh language that makes them feel bad.

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DHS to Border Patrol: Run Away

"Run away." That's the advice the Department of Homeland Security is giving to Border Patrol Agents should they encounter an armed gunman in their work place.

It's one thing to tell civilian employees to cower under a desk if a gunman starts spraying fire in a confined area, say members of Tucson Local 2544/National Border Patrol Council, but to give armed law enforcement professionals the same advice is downright insulting. The instructions from DHS come in the form of pamphlets and a mandatory computer tutorial.

“We are now taught in an ‘Active Shooter’...

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