Ten Schools Locked Down During Dragnet for Cop Shooter
"A gunman fired on a police officer checking on a suspicious license plate Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, causing 10 South Carolina schools nearby to go on lockdown. (ABC News)"
@ http://abcnews.go.com/US/ten-schools-lo ... d=14835436
By COLLEEN CURRY
Oct. 28, 2011
Ten schools are locked down, major roadways are closed, and residents have been told to stay indoors as South Carolina police search for a gunman who shot at cops this morning.
The man allegedly opened fire around 10 a.m. this morning as Greenville County police tried to pull him over for improperly displaying a license plate on his silver Yukon SUV. He began shooting at the officers as he pulled over, and then ran into a nearby apartment complex.
Police are now searching the area to try and locate the gunman.
No one was injured in the gunfire, police said.
Nice sepia tone (from 0:28)
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vCpQfJTbL4
This comment sums it up:
"drama drama drama drama--terror terror terror terror...gotta find excuses to put the Police State Apparatus into action--and treat school kids as Prisoners
On3StupidMan 1 hour ago"
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Re Police Chief's reference to "Reverse nine one one" —
Per Wiki:
Reverse 911 is a public safety communications system developed by Cassidian Communications, formerly PlantCML, a unit of EADS North America.[1][2] It is used by public safety organizations in Canada and the United States to communicate with groups of people in a defined geographic area. The system uses a database of telephone numbers and associated addresses, which, when tied into geographic information systems (GIS), can be used to deliver recorded emergency notifications to a selected set of telephone service subscribers.[3] The term is a registered trademark in the United States.
Case studies
The system is used to notify residents in emergency situations. During the 2010 Boston water emergency, government agencies used the system to notify a large number of Boston-area residents in particular neighborhoods to boil water before drinking.[4] During the much more contained 2004 bulldozer rampage in Granby, Colorado, authorities used Reverse 911 to notify the approximately 1,500 residents of the town to evacuate from the bulldozer's path.[5] During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Seaside and Astoria, Oregon, residents were notified by Reverse 911 and sirens to evacuate low-lying areas.[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_911
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