Mister Pinoy Policeman, Do You Know?
What happened in Quirino Grandstand could have been avoided if proper tactics have been implemented. I felt so sad on how the hostage taking has ended. Many were killed, although some luckily lived, but the trauma will cause them a forever nightmare. I’m not good at police tactics, but I think I still know some good points on how to make one.
They shouldn’t take Rolando Mendoza’s brother as accessory of the crime.
That made him angry. Obviously. I know you can get my point, and I bet that triggered his temper.
Do you have night vision-capable gadgets?
I’m not sure about this, I just assumed that the snipers don’t have one. On the situation that the hostage taker turned off the lights, our so-called snipers should have established a position distant to the bus but in a place which they can have a clear view, for instance, forward-facing the bus. Zoom-in and at the same time turn on your night vision gadget and I bet you know what will happen next.
Here’s the tear gas! Oops I missed! Retreat!
While watching it on television, I saw a policeman threw a tear gas, and he missed. Instead, the tear gas bounced back and fell in front of them. Come to think of it, what if it’s a grenade? It’s tragedy! Hey Chief of Police, teach your men basketball, so they know how to throw a shot.
Tear gas successfully thrown, flash bang successfully thrown, here I enter the bus, Oops I got no mask, retreat! Atras! Booo!
Policemen should have a technician, maybe an Instrumentation Technician.
Do they know this? The bus’ door is hydraulically-powered. A concerned citizen said that there’s a button near the door that bus operators/drivers used when the door got stuck up. And if it’s impossible to do, all they need is to cut the hydraulic hose and that’s it, you can open the door without smashing it with a sledge hammer!
Lastly, buy a rope that can pull a bus’ door. Hanep sa tactic, sira sa hila!
Poor Philippines, our tourism will be greatly affected. The damage has been done, and we can’t turn back time. We learn when we commit mistakes, but we don’t have to commit mistakes just to learn.
August 24th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Geez.. what happened last night was a total shame.
and condolence to the families 
Semidoppel Reply:
August 24th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Hayz..nakakastress kgb
August 24th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Pero in fairness, nag effort sila, and ngyn ata nag admit n sila ng iba nilang kamalian..bsahin ko mmya ung news