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Originally Posted by Rochard
(Post 19587521)
I am guessing the local police isn't going to be able to do much with radiation. I mean, does Boston have a "radiation" department in it's police department? Does the city of Boston call in help from federal agencies for a sporting event or parade?
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They didn't hire mercenaries just to check for radiation. That is just a tool that had at their disposal, and I'd bet the local SWAT team has the same gear.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
(Post 19587521)
I'm asking a serious question. The town next to us has an amphitheatre that can handle twenty thousand people - which is nine times larger than the town population. I'm guessing the local police department there can't handle an influx of 20k people; Do they contact Homeland security to ask for staff to handle radiation detectors?
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Yes, Homeland Security and the National Guard have been used in a lot of events in the USA, based on what I've seen online. That is part of their job now. Hiring mercenaries PRIOR to a situation doesn't make a lot of sense. After an event, like after Katrina or another disaster, sure, that makes sense. They have brought them in for such things in the past, but to be on stand-by during an event, I don't think it's common.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
(Post 19587521)
In this case it was money well spent - the knew instantly there are no radiation involved.
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You're a military man, you know what these guys are capable of and trained for, and it isn't to check radiation levels. Anyone with a device can do that, you can buy them online. If they brought them in for security, they wasted their money. A bomb went off no more than 15 feet from where two of them were standing prior. |
