Bergen County Police Chiefs Respond to Colorado Theater Massacre
The Aurora theater shooting put law enforcement everywhere on alert; heightened security at Bergen County movie theaters.
North Jersey law enforcement authorities said Friday they stand in solidarity with the officers who responded to the Colorado movie theater massacre that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded during a screening of the latest Batman sequel. New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro, who also serves as the Mutual Aid Chairman of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), said that every police chief in the country is putting themselves in the shoes of Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates. "This could be any one of us," Papapietro said. "Any police chief in America could be facing what he's facing right now." Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane, who also serves as 1st Vice President of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association, said the…
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2:59 pm on Sunday, July 29, 2012
"The bottom line is this. We have to be more prepared tomorrow than we were yesterday," Well, yesterday was the Virginia Tech where the police didn't follow the Active Shooter protocol but waited for reinforcement instead. Today was a Colorado theater where - again - the first police on the scene did NOT rush inside trying to kill the shooter but were sitting outside waiting for SWAT team. I am … more ›