Bull McCaffrey

So let me get this straight, -A cop respond to this guy's apartment on a report of a noise complaint. -The maniac points a shotgun in the face of the officer and threatens to kill him. -The cop is able to convince this guy to put down his weapon and he's allowed to leave. -Before doing so the officer notices, scoped rifles, automatic weapons, body armor, night vision goggles and a SMALL CHILD in the apartment with this guy. -The police, realizing the severity of the situation come up with a plan to safely evacuate EVERYONE from the building AND get this lunatic to come out with the child as well without a single shot being fired only to get criticized by the armchair critics at Emtbravo? Ya gotta be kidding me! This plan was brilliant and it endangered no one. In fact it probably saved lives. From what the article says, the only reason that the FD was there in the first place was in case something went wrong and medical aid was needed. It's not like it was the firemen who made the apprehension, it was cops dressed as FD. I have a couple of brothers that are NYPD and many times they tell me how they disguise themselves in a variety of ways as to get an edge on some of these violent criminals. Would some of you have preferred that there had been some sort of standoff in the building with the kid trapped inside? This was perfect and the outcome shows it. Now please can someone tell me a negative side to this? How were people put "at greater risk" as someone of you put it? I just don't see it. The only thing I can see is now criminals might be a little more leary when they see non LE emergency workers around but I can guarantee that when some perp is trapped on the 5th floor of an OMD he's still gonna be glad to see the red trucks pulling up front.

I would say that cops have more freedom when it comes to making decisions. Many of the choices that cops make, they make without supervisors. On the other hand, where I work there is a boss on every rig calling the shots. As far as the promotions go, didn't the Yonkers PD stand up to the mayor and refused to open up their contracts for any givebacks? Didn't Yonkers fire open their contract up and agreed to some givebacks in order to save a few brothers from getting laid off? So how is it that the PD is now promoting and that the brothers are still reduced to FFs? Makes no sense to me. Can anyone from Yonkers advise?

Quick thinking on the officer, probably prevented a tragedy but I can see where this thread is gonna go.

Actually, there was a problem with R1's inflatable boat. Although they were one of the first 84 on scene the boat had severed gas lines and they couldn't get it started so they hopped aboard one of the ferries.

Congrats "O-Wind" , when did you get into esu?