Policing/ School Priorities

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I was wondering if it seems to you like departments and orginizations have focused on preparing for large incidents, understandable after 9/11, and community relations to the point where it seems like those types of incidents/ duties are the only ones people are training to handle anymore.


For example, one police departments website touts its new community relations walking patrols so much that an FAQ was, do you still respond to 911 calls.

Another example is my school. They now have radios that can reach anywhere in the state, a transportation director who has a red lightbar on his vehicle to respond to 'bus incidents', and obstensibly have tabletop drills every year. The only problem is they have gotten into this major incident mindset, and do not know how to handle any smaller incident that happens.

ie. They have pages of planning on how to deal with a Columbine/Belsian type incident. But when a student protest, maintenece emergency, or fight happens they run around like chickens with their heads cut off.

How can an administrator say with one breath, we need to protect our schools from terrorist incidents, than in another say two expelled students sneaking in is "No big deal.", and that Columbine was caused by adults:rolleyes: HINT: Terrorism means a lot more than radical religious groups. Maybe Lt. Col. Grossman should add a new category "Selective Sheepdogs."

Have you seen this happening, and if so what can be done to stop it.