• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Not really, I’m on a ladder for hours a day frequently, like multiple times a month. You are only required 3 points of contact for OSHA compliance and pretty sure cops can ignore that. If you can’t grab the radio attached to your chest with one hand while on a ladder with three other contacts then you have no business being a cop lol

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      4 months ago

      I agree that you can get one hand free while on a ladder, but I’m still going to duck first if someone is pointing a gun at me

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        4 months ago

        Fully agreed, I’m just saying a cop who passed the annual fitness exam should be able to duck down a step and radio an alert pretty damn quick.

        I’m still betting $10 that the shooter turned and threw lead without really aiming since he knew he was compromised.

        I just think the journalists are wording this extremely poorly

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          4 months ago

          I agree with the poor wording, “retreat” makes it sound he ran away.

          Another issue is the Secret Service were probably on their own radio channels and not with the local police. When there’s interagency things like this, there’s usually a command center where they have the leaders of each group staged so they can relay things between the teams, but not direct communication between Deputy Bobby who sees the gunman and Agent Spike on the stage. Plenty of time to get off shots before the warning is heard by the people who need to hear it.

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            4 months ago

            That would be super dumb. There should be some operator that relevant info is passed to either channel.

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        4 months ago

        Oh yeah, one foot on ladder, other foot on top of something tall (if anything), hands on whatever you’re working on partially holding you up