Never been on Ft. Hood itself, but I am former military.frazzled wrote: Can someone with more expertise help me out here.
Am I correct in that she was a civilian police officer?
This was on the base itself correct?
If so 1. where were the MPs shooting at the guy? 2. How did she get on the base? I am not understanding how this works.
I don't know where the MP's were, thats a good question.
The answer probably has something to do with the fact that calling 911 from a cell phone goes to the civilian authorities, so they possibly would have been notified first, before the MP's.
As to how she got on, I know at all bases I was at, there was an 'emergency vehicle' policy. If one's approaching the gate, running hot, you open the gate for them and let them through. Work out the whys and whos later. This applies to ambulances, fire trucks, police, etc. The gate guards aren't going to stop an obviously marked emergency vehicle running sirens and lights and question them.