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Originally Posted by Weitz
The RCMP really dropped the ball on this one, and the province for that matter with the emergency alert.
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Too early to tell IMO.
Im thinking the detachment for the RCMP in that area is likely very very small.
Like...maybe a dozen officers max? And probably only 4 or so of them on duty when this started.
In the dark of night they find a grisly crime scene and at least 3 structure fires....they are overwhelmed beyond comprehension in a matter of minutes.
Then more and more emergency calls come in over the next few hours. It had to be like swimming through mud to try and cobble together some sort of plan to address it all.
I read somewhere that they had cordoned off Portapique almost right away, but he was gone by that time.
The whole thing was so insane, Im not sure there was any dropped ball perse as that ball kept changing shape and colors by the minute.
As for the emergency alert...what would it have said? "There is an active shooter out there"...OK...but who would have assumed that shooter was dressed like a cop and driving a replica police cruiser?
I imagine anyone who got an alert would have been relieved to see an RCMP officer around/approaching them. It seems like he was aware of this and used that cover to execute people. Including those he pulled over and then executed as they sat in their vehicles.
I hate to frame it this way...but dude was really smart in his ability to get the maximum carnage out his delusional spree.