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Direct excerpt from Fox article:
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The two unidentified officers were suspended on Wednesday after officials learned that “the two employees took it upon themselves to respond without notification to the SWAT commander” on February 14, creating “an extreme hazard by way of accountability, responsibility, and liability,” Chief Dexter Williams said in a statement.
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This excerpt includes a quote from the Chief which is a little more authoritative than NYP, ABC or a Brit newspaper. But you have to read more than just the first paragraph of the article to reach the above excerpt.
I think the suspension is absolutely stupid as well. With that said, there was no reason they could not have given notification. It wasn't like they were on campus and responded. They were in the area doing training and responded by vehicle. So it wasn't like they could not have called and and let their department know that they were responding in aid of a crisis. I do not believe the claim about being an extreme hazard except to suggest that Dexter Williams is basically proclaiming, "Not our circus, not our monkeys." It sounds like if they had reported in, that they would have been told to stand down...you know, because they are SWAT officers and are unfamiliar with dealing with such crisises.
What I would like to know at this point if there was some sort of explicit policy in place that precluded the two SWAT officers from responding without notification. Even if there was, I can't imagine that failure to call in during a crisis merits a suspension.