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<p>stickers are no longer required for security reasons (aka, you cannot walk around in public and identify cars that routinely enter/exit DOD facilities)</p>
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<p>some bases have entrances where all you have to do is put your military ID into the machine and it reads it and opens the gate. At the base where I was working, they just put one of these in. Otherwise, you have to show ID to the guards, but any military ID will get you on base. There are multiple facilities on the base that have additional lawyers of security (and your military ID will not get you anywhere close to).</p>
<p>If you don’t have ID, you need to be escorted by someone with an ID. Guests are the responsibility of the people they are visiting.</p>
<p>if the guy used someone else’s ID, that is a problem. Lost IDs should be reported immediately and de-activiated… so things like this can’t happen.</p>
<p>The place I used to work was completely shut down, no one in or out for most of the day. Thankfully the handful of people I know that work at the Navy Yard all made it through ok.</p>
<p>This is the redacted report of Alexis prior case.
<a href=“http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Alexis.pdf[/url]”>http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Alexis.pdf</a></p>
<p>Watching the DC Police Press conference right now. Why did it take several minutes for the Police Chief to explain that they’ve now concluded there was only a single shooter and that it is now safe to be out in the neighborhood? That should have been the first thing the Mayor said!</p>
<p>Also, similar to the press conference the night that the Boston police captured Tsarnaev, the first several minutes of the press event was a lot of “boy what a great job WE did.” Enough of the back-patting.</p>
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<p>I found the hospital medical director’s speech a little odd…I was watching before the main nightly newscasts, and they let her drone on more than they did by the time the 6:30 p.m. newscasts were on, when they edited out more of her speech. She went on and on about how terrible society was now with all the mass shootings. Good filler material, I guess.</p>
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<p>Really quite sad for the mom. I cannot imagine how awful it would be to lose a child and know that he had committed mass murder as well.</p>
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<p>Given that members of law enforcement put themselves in harm’s way in situations like this, I believe they are entitled to praise each other’s work. It is a little unfair to criticize the modus operandi of people getting shot at, from one’s safe computer desk miles away.</p>
<p>^^ This.</p>
<p>Within two minutes of the first 911 call Metropolitan Police officers were on the scene. Within 7 minutes of that call active shooter teams were moving through the building.</p>
<p>They deserve praise.</p>
<p>There was a law passed in the 90’s that made it illegal for anyone except military police to carry a gun on the military base. </p>
<p>I understand people don’t want citizens carrying in public, and for those of you that believe that, do you also not want soldiers carrying around bases? I’m just curious if people really feel strongly about that, I’m not going anywhere else with it.</p>
<p>My point is that they began and went on for several minutes praising themselves BEFORE they gave the the public the ESSENTIAL information that there were no more suspects, the area was safe and that the ‘shelter indoors’ order’ was no longer necessary.</p>
<p>^I agree, they should inform people before giving praise.</p>