Here’s one that just makes me shake my head.
In the latest of a series of high-profile swatting incidents, far-left billionaire George Soros became the victim of a prank 911 call at his estate in Southampton, New York.
Southampton Village Police responded to the call reportedly made just before 9 p.m. last Saturday.
The unidentified caller claimed to have shot his wife and was threatening to commit suicide at the Soros mansion on Old Town Road.
Police response teams, including detectives and officers, were dispatched to the scene only to determine that the call was indeed a hoax after securing the premises.
Did the cops kick down the door and throw flashbangs? No.
Was the homeowner beaten up and handcuffed? No.
Was anyone at all shot or brutalized? No.
In other words, this went down not at all like yer typical SWAT response.
They didn’t even shoot his damn dog.
Now was this uncharacteristic restraint due to the neighborhood, the size of the mansion, or due to them noting the neighborhood and checking that it was in fact the Antichrist’s mansion before shooting anyone or breaking any doors?
Given what you said, how is this even a swatting event?
Sounds more like a welfare check.
Given that this happened in South Hampton and not Manhattan, I envision the process went a little differently. South Hampton is knee-deep in large estates of wealthy and powerful people who get differential treatment. No doubt even special training on how to handle these kinds of calls. South Hampton is the kind of place where the Local PD make a lot of money doing paid detail work at private events so they know all the big Players and estates.
Call comes into the local dispatcher. ( not a large busy central office ) . No caller ID or location info. Dispatcher calls up the address on their system and notes 24 hr. private security service on site. Sends one of the patrol cars to check things out. Meanwhile dispatch calls the security service ( likely known to the dispatcher ) to let them know to expect the Patrol Car and verify the call and the situation. .
The department’s brand new wiz bang SWATmobile may have been waiting just down the street, But it’s not goiing to showup until there is some sort of confirmation of an actual incident.
GT,
you cut through the BS like a samurai with a katana.
JQ
There was actually a SWAT-ting, or an attempted one, on Texas AG Ken Paxton’s home in McKinney.
Nothing happened, and AG Paxton and family were in Austin, not at the residence.