Posted: 11/10/2006 8:18:07 AM EDT
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Thes guys seem to be pretty good, better than Dallas IMO Last night they were called out to a barricaded gunman, the neighbor said he shot at her and ran inside the front door, turns out(Many hours later) the story was completely false. The front door was nailed shit and had been for a while. Why didnt they press charges against the neigbor who reported it, and ADMITTED it was a lie? Still a good show IMO |
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From a strictly TV/entertainment perspective, I didn't like it near as much as Dallas SWAT. Was it just me, or did I see the guys having to draw their weapons for each callout, and then return them as soon as it was secured?? Also it seemed as though when called out, they have to report to thier office to get dressed, get weapons, deploy, etc.... Good grief, think of the time that wastes. 
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I feel like Dallas was a little more organized. Also it looks like Dallas has more of a standardized weapons system. Most use AR-15s with Eotechs and the ocasional Leupold CQC where as Detroit had MP-5s, shotguns, all kinds of ARs and some with just hand guns. Def neat to see how the two different units work. Entertainment is why I watch them, I find police work interesting.
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There's actually a fairly good reason for that. The Detroit Police Department used to have a unit called STRESS. These guys were basically an execution squad and they racked up dozens of highly contraversial killings. Alot of people in Detriot still remember those days and the history of the STRESS squad is still a factor for the Detroit Police Department's policies. |
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I also noticed the officers tend to change what arms go with them, they dont seem to hvae assigned guns, they just go to the rack and pick up whatever catches their fancy. 'Diesel' had an MP5 with NO stock and an empty scope rail  He had a different one last show IIRC
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Your right, I did not notice that.......I would not take a different weapon into a raid or standoff or what ever unless it was the weapon that I extensively trained with. That is strange.
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Maybe so..."sins of the father"?? Sounds like a good case of "pussification of police" I am shocked they haven't been sued by some POS family because they took too long getting to a call-out. |
Thats the weird thing about Detroit. Detroit has its own SWAT team but so does all the surrounding suburbs. So there are several teams out their and their policies are all different. The Suburbs SWAT gets to keep their weapons. But the Detroit guys have lost weapons, shot a whole bunch of people and got many many lawsuits filed against them. They were thugs since Coleman Young was the major. |
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