Anti Federalist
05-13-2010, 10:50 PM
Concerning all the heat his department is getting for a SWAT raid that ended up with two dogs being shot and no felony amounts of drugs being found.
Butthurt much, chiefie?
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UPDATE: Columbia Police Department still dealing with backlash about SWAT raid
Monday, May 10, 2010 | 9:51 p.m. CDT
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/10/police-department-still-dealing-public-backlash-over-swat/
(snip)
In Monday's press conference, Burton said feedback to the department seemed to be coming from three discrete groups, some of whom he believed were reacting to bad information.
"The biggest group seems to be the marijuana legalization advocates," Burton said, who he urged to lobby policymakers if they wanted a change in the law.
The next group were animal rights advocates. Burton lamented the death of the Whitworth's pit bull, but had a do-what-you-gotta-do outlook on the SWAT team's handling of dogs, calling human safety the "primary" concern.
And the last group?
"The last group is the people that hate us anyway, for whatever reason," Burton said. "And I don't put any stock into what they say. There are cop haters out there, and that's just something we'll have to live with."
While the incident has prompted decision-making changes in handling of drug raids — such as Burton's Thursday announcement that raids would now be served within eight hours after police obtain a warrant — the department's policies on the tactical treatment of dogs and suspects remain unchanged.
So has Burton learned anything from the incident?
"I hate the Internet," he deadpanned.
Butthurt much, chiefie?
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UPDATE: Columbia Police Department still dealing with backlash about SWAT raid
Monday, May 10, 2010 | 9:51 p.m. CDT
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/10/police-department-still-dealing-public-backlash-over-swat/
(snip)
In Monday's press conference, Burton said feedback to the department seemed to be coming from three discrete groups, some of whom he believed were reacting to bad information.
"The biggest group seems to be the marijuana legalization advocates," Burton said, who he urged to lobby policymakers if they wanted a change in the law.
The next group were animal rights advocates. Burton lamented the death of the Whitworth's pit bull, but had a do-what-you-gotta-do outlook on the SWAT team's handling of dogs, calling human safety the "primary" concern.
And the last group?
"The last group is the people that hate us anyway, for whatever reason," Burton said. "And I don't put any stock into what they say. There are cop haters out there, and that's just something we'll have to live with."
While the incident has prompted decision-making changes in handling of drug raids — such as Burton's Thursday announcement that raids would now be served within eight hours after police obtain a warrant — the department's policies on the tactical treatment of dogs and suspects remain unchanged.
So has Burton learned anything from the incident?
"I hate the Internet," he deadpanned.