Ryan Air wrote:The only heads that will be rolling will be those working for Southwest
1.) The Department of Homeland Security and Omaha Airport Authority Police are not connected in anyway.
2.) Omaha Airport Authority Police department is an accredited law enforcement agency. Their officers are often former State Patrol, Omaha Police, or FBI. Additionally, it may be of interest, that Airport Police have specialized training in counter terrorism, multi jurisdiction law enforcement operations, special aviation related training
3.) The weirdo was not only detected by Omaha Airport Authority Police, he was approached and witnessed by Airport Police climbing the fence BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB AND PRESENT TO SEE IT– which means there was no lapse in security. Any officer at any department would have reacted in the same manner- especially in the climate we are currently in. Had this individual been determined to have been “something more” than he was, several officers were in range to fire and neutralize the target. It was reported by witnesses that he scaled the fence in three movements.
4.) The Airport Police are trained in this EXACT scenario and the diversion of the suspect and avoidance of the active runway was textbook.
5.) You are making fun of a police organization with the training and ability to discern threats accurately and respond accordingly with appropriate force. Should they have killed another black man and really made national news? By some of you size queens in here obsessed by delusional rankings of Omaha, I’m sure you would prefer it, if only for publicity sake.
6.) The suspect was in custody in FOUR MINUTES. It would have been substantially less had the retarded Southwest employee not left his keys in the truck. In fact, the damage would have been avoided completely and this would not have made national news.
7.) The damage caused and the incident involving the aircraft is the sole responsibility of Southwest. The failure of their employee to follow procedure directly caused an otherwise substantially more controlled situation to become exponentially more dangerous and erratic, leading to injuries and nearly a million dollars in damage.
By the way: the fence motion sensors and cameras also performed properly, the response of back-up by Omaha Police was adequate and fast, the treatment and transportation of the suspect was seamless and humane. The airport, the terminal drive, nor any other services were ever shut down and due to the collaborated response of the many responding agencies, harm to the public and suspect was contained.
Any fence, protecting any property is only a fence. The same fence could have been compromised at MDW, HOU, DSM, SAN, LGA… If you think this issue or vulnerability is unique to Omaha, I invite you to simply google the subject.
Well, that was a mic drop moment.