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Smokey613 wrote:I have some thoughts on this "event"

Did the officer's agency know about this drill and did they approve?

I can not imagine in my wildest dreams this was an agency approved action. I was a Lieutenant for 13 years and if one of my guys had come to me requesting approval to participate in something like this I would asked them if they were on drugs.

Good question. I searched, but haven't seen any updates to this story.

MechAg94 wrote:Was this recent? I seem to remember something similar coming up on THR.org a while back.

If you are referring to Las Vegas incident (versus the "babysnatch drill"), the article was written on 29 May and say the incident took place the previous Monday which would be 24 May.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/ma ... ced-drill/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How’s this for an ill-conceived emergency preparedness drill? An off-duty cop pretending to be a terrorist stormed into a hospital intensive care unit brandishing a handgun, which he pointed at nurses while herding them down a corridor and into a room.

There, after harrowing moments, he explained that the whole caper was a training exercise.
...

Just last year, Henderson police shot and killed an armed, hostile man in the emergency room. ...

Andy North, director of public policy and external affairs for the hospital, apologized for any distress caused by the incident....He said as many as 10 employees were involved in the incident and no one was hurt. The actor was from a local police department, North said.

More at the link.

Had this cop been shot by a CHL holder (and this was Nevada, which does have CHL) I would have had scant sympathy for him. He was not "pretending to be a terrorist," he was a terrorist. The cop should be prosecuted, especially if it turns out he was using an actual pistol and not a training dummy version (which would not surprise me in the least.)

And whoever thought up this plan and/or knew about it and allowed it to be executed needs to not have a job at this hospital any more. The hospital director should be fired whether he or she knew about it in advance or not.

So far, when I have been in an ER, it has been because my wife has a chronic illness that sometimes needs urgent care. Had this clown waived his gun any where in her vicinity I would not have hesitated to put 14 rounds into him. I am not generally a fan of unions, but I hope the nurses' union thoroughly thrashes the hospital administration over this.