Photo: APLas Vegas: Las Vegas had spent years planning for the worst: training its police force according to an anti-terrorism protocol it adopted in 2009 to respond to mass shootings, chemical attacks, suicide bombings, and planes flying into buildings, according to city officials and security professionals. It’s not safe to do so,” said Robert Chamberlin, a member of the Las Vegas police department’s counter-terrorism force. Police blew open Paddock’s hotel room door 75 minutes after the shooting started, finding he had killed himself. “MACTAC” ProtocolIn 2009, the Las Vegas police adopted a new, military-style, counter-terrorism plan and training, called MACTAC, or Multi-Assault Counter-Terrorism Action Capabilities, and intended to help it deal with attacks. But he added: “There is an old saying: no plan survives the first contact with the enemy.

Source: Mint October 06, 2017 04:52 UTC