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>> PAM: TONIGHT WE LOOK INTO
WHY THIS TRANSIT POLICE TEAM
POLICE SWAT TEAM WAS NOT
CALLED TO COME INTO LAST
MONTH PROBATION SEARCH. WHO
DESCRIBED THE MOMENTS BEFORE
OFFICER MICHAEL MAES FIRED
HIS WEAPON KILLING SGT.
SMITH
>> PAM: TONIGHT THE OFFICER
WHO ASKED US TO CONCEAL HIS
IDENTITY QUESTIONS THE
DECISION NOT TO CALL IN THE
SWAT TEAM
HE TALKS TO KRON4'S HAAZIQ
>> PAM: MADYUN IN A STORY
YOU WILL ONLY SEE HERE.
>>"THERE WAS A DECISION
THAT WAS MADE THAT THE SWAT
TEAM WAS NOT GOING TO BE
NEEDED TO CONDUCT THIS
SEARCH THAT OBVIOUSLY DEEMED
TO BE A FATAL MISTAKE"
>> REPORTER:ACCORDING TO THE
BART POLICE WEBSITE THEIR
SWAT TEAM IS UTILIZED TO
MAKE HIGH-RISK ENTRIES, IT
ALSO SAYS THE USE OF
SPECIALLY TRAINED TEAM
MEMBERSENHANCES THE SAFETY
OF POLICE PERSONNEL. SO WHY
WEREN'T THEY CALLED IN TO
CLEAR THE PARK SIERRA
APARTMENT IN DUBLIN BEFORE
ALLOWING SGT. TOM SMITH AND
AT LEAST 3-OTHER OFFICERS TO
GO INSIDE? BART POLICE CHIEF
KENTON RAINEY
>>"NUMBER ONE THIS WAS NOT A
SWAT CALL OUT, THIS WAS A
PROBATION SEARCH THAT IS
NOT UNCOMMON TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT THEY
RESPOND TO"
>> REPORTER:HOWEVER THIS
FORMER BART POLICE COLLEAGUE
OF SGT. TOM SMITH SAYS HE IS
CONVINCED A CALL SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MADE FOR THE SWAT TEAM
>>"IN MY OPINION THERE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN"
WHY?
>>"BECAUSE OF THE DANGER
THAT WAS PRESENTED AND
BECAUSE THE LACK OF TRAINING
THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE"
>>"AT THAT POINT WHAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE DONE IS PRETTY
MUCH BACK OUT OF THE
RESIDENCE, LOCK IT DOWN, YOU
KNOW BECAUSE IF THEY DID IT
PROPERLY THEY WOULD HAVE
PEOPLE WATCHING THE FRONT
AND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE OR
SIDES IF IT HAD ANY. SINCE
IT WAS AN APARTMENT IT
PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUT
CLEARLY IT HAD A BACK SIDE
TO IT. WHAT THEY COULD HAVE
DONE IS LOCKED IT DOWN AND
WAITED. THAT'S THE KEY.
THERE WAS NO URGENCY TO GET
INSIDE OF THERE"
>> REPORTER:CHIEF RAINEY
INSISTS THAT HIS NON-SWAT
OFFICERS INCLUDING OFFICER
MICHAEL MAES WHO FIRED THE
FATAL SHOT KILLING SGT.
SMITH HAVE THE APPROPRIATE
LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR
CLEARING A RESIDENCE
>>"AS FAR AS MIKE MAES HE IS
A VERY EXPERIENCED WELL
TRAINED OFFICER, OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING DIDN'T GO THE WAY
WE WANTED IT TO GO"
>>"YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IN
THE WORLD, WE COULD TRAIN
OUR PEOPLE EVERY OTHER DAY
AND HAVE THEM ACTUALLY
PERFORM OUT IN THE FIELD ON
THE OFF DAYS AND PROBABLY
SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD
GO WRONG"
>> REPORTER:BUT THIS FORMER
BART COP SAYS SHOOTING A
FELLOW OFFICER IS
AVOIDABLEIF OFFICERS ARE
PROPERLY TRAINED
>>"HE WENT TO DO A ROOM
CLEARING AND HE DIED, HE
DIED BY ANOTHER OFFICER,
THAT IS SO TRAGIC, I MEAN
THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN, I
MEAN HOW OFTEN DOES THAT
HAPPEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
IT'S SO RARE"