Hide in here, Officer, the bad guys are coming!
Hide in here, Officer, the bad guys are coming!
GOA’s Erich Pratt says it’s alarming that Chicago police are being instructed to run and hide from danger, despite the fact that they are fully certified officers. CNN reported that in case of an active shooter, if evacuation is not possible, unarmed aviation police must “run and hide.”
“That is the most stunning advice that you would give to people supposedly there to protect us,” says Pratt.
Hide in here, Officer, the bad guys are coming!
A gun-rights advocate says it’s alarming that Chicago police are being instructed to run and hide from danger.
Despite the fact that they are fully certified officers, approximately 300 police officers assigned to Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports are not permitted to carry guns, CNN reported recently.
Those police offiers depend on other Chicago police to respond to any threat.
CNN, which first reported on the instructions, obtained a document that states if evacuation is not possible, unarmed aviation police must “run and hide.”
“That is the most stunning advice that you would give to people supposedly there to protect us,” says Erich Pratt of Gun Owners of America.
“While the motto might be ‘Protect and Serve,’ we know in most cases – and this is not their fault – police aren’t there to arrive at the scene of a crime before it happens,” Pratt points out. “They are almost always the cleanup crew.”
Pratt says the real first responders are the potential victims of an active shooter, the American citizens.
“That’s why, not surprisingly, 90 percent of the rank and file police officers actually support concealed carry for American citizens,” he tells OneNewsNow.