OSU-Tulsa Police Chief Melvin Murdock showed us the complex system already in place -- security cameras inside and outside all of the buildings send live video back to the command center. The school also has an emergency alert system and a full police force...."It certainly causes immediate concern from a law enforcement point of view," Murdock says. "And one of those concerns is it doesn't allow us to distinguish between the good guy and the bad guy when we go into a situation."
Hey Mel!
Hate to burst your bubble, but can you give some documented examples of where the police have gotten to the scene on time to stop the carnage in any of these mass shootings?
In virtually every mass shooting I can think of, going back a number of years, the police were a day late and a dollar short getting to the scene on time to stop the shooter(s). By the time they got their, the perp(s) had already killed and wounded numerous innocents, then killed themselves.
As for the rationalization that students with CCW's carrying guns might make it difficult for the police to distinguish between the bad guys and good guys--to be quite frank, Mel--it comes back to what I just saying. In virtually all the mass shootings, the perp had killed himself long before the police got there.
So it's shouldn't be too difficult to distinguish who the CCW's are, since they're obviously going to immediately identify themselves and cooperate with police. They're required by law to carry their photo ID permits with them, so I think trained police officers should be able to handle identifying somebody with a photo ID.
Security cameras serve a useful specific purpose, but are virtually worthless in preventing or stopping the shootings. Virginia Tech had security cameras, NIU had security cameras, virtually every other school where these shootings occurred had them---but not one of those cameras prevented dozens of people from being shot.