[FedCom] Sky Marshalls Communications & Procedures

[John Wilson]

    Thank God those Sky Marshals were there to respond to that threat. 
 You might feel differently if you or one of your family were on that 
plane or tarmac and were injured or killed as a result of that 
individual activating an explosive device.  Then I bet you, if still 
alive, would be complaining because there were no Sky Marshals on board 
to protect you and your family.  Get over it.  Subtract 1 and move on.

Ken wrote:

> Wondering when the so called DHS "Sky Marshals" are in the air and/or 
> on the ground if they have a means of communicating via 
> radio/cellphone (maybe Nextel nationwide/international Walkie Talkie?? 
> and perhaps some sort of interface with radio systems locally??)  with 
> their dispatch center, etc in an emergency?
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> It's too bad that mentally ill guy ended up being shot dead in Miami, 
> FL --  almost looked like a "suicide by cop" type incident (which 
> apparently DHS doesn't train their folks about) by a mentally 
> distraught person in that he was pressing all their (law enforcement) 
> buttons, e.g. saying he had a bomb, refusing orders to stop while his 
> wife was trying to tell law enforcement he was mentally ill -- VERY 
> difficult decision to make for the marshal...  BUT just have to wonder 
> why the LE agent would not have trusted that the ground screening had 
> been correct & the guy didn't have a bomb!!!  .. The plane wasn't in 
> the air & the guy RAN off the plane, so it seems in typical arm chair 
> quarterback/retrospect that the threat actually was less off the plane 
> (e.g. wider area for explosion (but easier for people to escape) vs 
> aircraft with smaller area where people could have been trapped in 
> there)l    Frankly I think that it was a black day for both the DHS 
> Sky Marshals as well as the guys family!
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> Ken
> "Self Grounded"  in Springfield MA area
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