Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis weighs in on the decision.
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For thirty days,
Brian, the highly trained Swat
team hailed for capturing the
Boston Marathon bomber. Remember
that back in twenty thirteen we covered it
live
now getting disbanded by the
Boston, transit police,
superintendent, arguing the
decision came down to resources
and said the team hadnt been
used in years
here to weigh in former Boston
Police Commissioner, Ed Davis
there during the bombing
getting rid of a unit sitting
there hanging out in the locker
room.
It seems that way.
This is a difficult time
and theres a lot of hard
decisions that are going to be
made.
So I support the chiefs
decision because he has to make
the call,
but this is a very
well respected team,
a team that has specialized
skills
hostage, rescue team had them go
in and make the rest of Dzhokhar
tsarnaev, and that was because
Dick Donahue, one of their
officers, had been shot and
almost killed by the suspect.
You know they are a good team.
You hate to lose that expertise
Brian commissioner. From the
outsider perspective, I have
never gone to a police academy,
the beneficiary of a great
police force in New York.
At least it was
if I wanted to lean out the: U Dot S
army, I wouldnt say lets get
rid of the green berets,
so why am I getting rid of a
huge asset to the Boston Police
force
right?
The thing I worry about is the
special expertise that these
officers have and the Swat team.
They have set up a special
training facility. While I was
the commissioner to do entries
into subway cars and the t as we
call it here,
so they did have the ability and
the knowledge of the underground
systems that the other swat
teams now are going to have to
get up on to do the job
properly.
So it does affect operations.
We will be able to respond, but,
as I, these are difficult times,
difficult decisions,
Brian Commissioner, if it is
okay, we understand revenue is
down every single city, although
we dont know if the federal
government is going to provide
resources
anticrime unit, because I guess
we are tired of fighting crime
effectively-
is the same thing here, because
they took that money not to
save it, and they put it to
youth programs.
What do they do with this money?
Well, I think everyone is
looking at their operations to
determine how best to respond to
whats going on in society. Right
now,
as I said, these are difficult
decisions.
Peoples lives hang in the
balance here,
but you really do have to look
at this through the lens of the
chief executive, who is making
the call- and I wouldnt be one
to criticize that
Brian has the terror threat
diminished?
No, it has not,
if anything, the information im
getting from sources in high
levels of law enforcement is
that the domestic terror threat
is worse now than it has ever
been.
We certainly have problems on
the international front.
Domestic terrorism is going up.
A lot of unrest in the country
very differ time,
Brian, at a time in America,
where we are quick to blame.
If there is something that
happens, and we need that quick
reaction team and all the skills
the Swat team brings to the
forefront, there is going to be
outrage amongst the people.
Where is swat when we needed
them, and we will have to say we
this- to make a tough decision
im not too sure the people are
best served by this, but we will
leave it to the experts,
Ed Davis thanks so much
thanks. Brian.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-05.