Here's a partial update.
Regarding the NLVPD letter, he's indicating that one of the facilities is fully owned by the feds. I haven't been up there so don't really know. It may be moot and may not. Apparently they're ignoring case law and waiting to hear from an attorney or see an action filed.
I haven't heard from the others so I'm guessing that's their same approach. I filed a complaint with the ACLU today, per the suggestion of a couple of our guys. This is right up their alley.
Next, I was contacted by one of the reporters that I'm working with today and he's been latching onto this like a pit bull. He's uncovered who the mystery woman is and who she works for. I haven't seen the details but he assures me that we'll be pleased with the story which will run on the front page of their paper on Monday.
She's DoD, Army Corp of Engineers out of Nellis. We'll have to see what else he's uncovered.
The downer is that our guys who've been faithfully manning the Henderson station have now been kicked out. A plain-clothed gunnery Sgt. showed up to ask them to leave so they had HPD respond. Our ally with HPD was off yesterday so three others responded who politely asked them to leave.
Interesting change of policy for Henderson; maybe it needs to go a little higher so they can all get on the same page. But the guys are really pretty fed up with this, as are the rest of us.
The consensus seems to be that if the military doesn't want us there then why the hell should we waste our time trying to protect them? My experience has been that the troops are fine with it and thankful but the brass is following orders. Maybe another station or two will have to be hit before they see the light.
For me it's about policy change and nothing else. When you're on duty you KNOW that any particular station can be targeted at any time, while also knowing that the chances are very remote. The bigger picture is what's important, seeing the feds arm their stations nationwide. Our troops are worth it.
So my feeling is that short of a Court Order we're wasting our time. I may be able to make a personal visit to the sheriff and PD chiefs to plead our legal position, but I think it's up to an attorney at this point. I have a name of a good local attorney who I may contact if the ACLU has no interest. I think knowing that we have carte-blanche access will be a game changer for a lot of us because I'll sure be out there continuing if I know we won't have any resistance.
I have zero respect for our President and feel that embarrassing or shaming him may be the only way results will be achieved.
Or, or course, if we just happen to take down some bad guys in their attempt to do our troops harm.
Regarding the NLVPD letter, he's indicating that one of the facilities is fully owned by the feds. I haven't been up there so don't really know. It may be moot and may not. Apparently they're ignoring case law and waiting to hear from an attorney or see an action filed.
I haven't heard from the others so I'm guessing that's their same approach. I filed a complaint with the ACLU today, per the suggestion of a couple of our guys. This is right up their alley.
Next, I was contacted by one of the reporters that I'm working with today and he's been latching onto this like a pit bull. He's uncovered who the mystery woman is and who she works for. I haven't seen the details but he assures me that we'll be pleased with the story which will run on the front page of their paper on Monday.
She's DoD, Army Corp of Engineers out of Nellis. We'll have to see what else he's uncovered.
The downer is that our guys who've been faithfully manning the Henderson station have now been kicked out. A plain-clothed gunnery Sgt. showed up to ask them to leave so they had HPD respond. Our ally with HPD was off yesterday so three others responded who politely asked them to leave.
Interesting change of policy for Henderson; maybe it needs to go a little higher so they can all get on the same page. But the guys are really pretty fed up with this, as are the rest of us.
The consensus seems to be that if the military doesn't want us there then why the hell should we waste our time trying to protect them? My experience has been that the troops are fine with it and thankful but the brass is following orders. Maybe another station or two will have to be hit before they see the light.
For me it's about policy change and nothing else. When you're on duty you KNOW that any particular station can be targeted at any time, while also knowing that the chances are very remote. The bigger picture is what's important, seeing the feds arm their stations nationwide. Our troops are worth it.
So my feeling is that short of a Court Order we're wasting our time. I may be able to make a personal visit to the sheriff and PD chiefs to plead our legal position, but I think it's up to an attorney at this point. I have a name of a good local attorney who I may contact if the ACLU has no interest. I think knowing that we have carte-blanche access will be a game changer for a lot of us because I'll sure be out there continuing if I know we won't have any resistance.
I have zero respect for our President and feel that embarrassing or shaming him may be the only way results will be achieved.
Or, or course, if we just happen to take down some bad guys in their attempt to do our troops harm.