1.) The situation was the morning of August 24th 2012. A shooting had occured right outside the Empire State Building. An armed man wearing a suit killed a man and proceeded to advanced on the two NYPD officers in front of the Empire State Building. The armed man was taken down however during the process nine bystanders were injured in the process.
2.) The two NYPD officers reacted well in this situation. They knew the armed man was ready and willing to take lives. The officers immediately gunned down the attacker, covered up the crime scene to prevent any kind of mass hysteria and immediately carried off the body from the scene to prevent any other confusion. The nine bystanders injured were immediately carried off to the hospital for quick treatment. The police commissioner Ray Kelly, as well as other members of the NYPD immediately gave live interviews to assess the situation and reassure the public on what had happened.
3.) The NYPD officers kept some of the of the six rules for crisis management. However they did not keep all the rules. The officers gathered information quickly, realizing the man advancing on them was indeed armed and ready to kill. They were efficient in quickly taking down the armed man in action. There was no need to wait for any kind of strategy in this situation, as waiting would be unnecessary. The officers failed in respecting the unfamiliar because nine innocent bystanders were injured in the crossfire from the officers' bullets. They clearly though had motives in valuing the skeptics, and successfully returned fire with fire.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/nyregion/empire-state-building-shooting.html?pagewanted=all
The immediate action was needed in this situation. Since the location was the center of Manhattan and many people, including many tourists from other countries, were in the area. If he police made the right decision immediately and acted quickly, the situation would be worse. When a situation like this occurs, variety of countermeasure are needed for preparations.
답글삭제I agree, the officers did the right thing to react immediately. The man was armed and had already killed someone. I think that the 9 bystanders that were injured could of been avoided. They must of fire a lot more bullets than necessary if they injured that amount of people, but that has more to do with police training.
답글삭제The way the NYPD reacted to the situation in the correct manner because they had no choice but to shoot at the victim who was armed. I do not agree with the amount of rounds the NYPD used in order to disarm this one man. The amount of rounds used by the NYPD caused innocent bystanders to get hurt, this could have been avoided.
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