The consequences of this won’t be seen for sometime, probably years before some under qualified SWAT team member screws up and gets her, some innocent civilian or one of her team killed. But, just like the fire department you’ll never hear about any of it because most of the media will focus on the “tragedy” of the event not on the fact that it could have been prevented by actually putting the best people for the job in that position.
I am, on the other hand, somewhat conflicted since I am opposed to the way most SWAT teams are used now days. Taking out some drug-crazed dude that’s using his kid as a shield is what the SWAT team was invented for. Unfortunately, the use of SWAT teams nation wide to serve search warrants has moved us one step more to a police state type totalitarian society and resulted in the deaths of many innocent people that had no expectation that their home was going to be invaded at 3 AM by a bunch of armed masked men (or women as the case may be). And since that is what most SWAT teams appear to be used for (at least on Cops and other TV shows) why not let women have some of the fun breaking down doors to arrest some kid with a couple of joints in his possession? Just let the guys handle the battering ram and it’ll be alright.
