That's exactly what I'm saying - yes the police bear some responsibility, but the caller still wanted this dangerous situation to exist.

The root problem is the overreaction to the phone call. Swatting wouldn't exist without police overreaction and lack of verification.

We can control how police act by settings standards and demanding better. We cannot prevent terrible people from making false 911 calls.

Exactly, swatting DOESN'T exist outside the U.S. (save a rare counterexample).

Cops in my country aren't great, but they don't do this, ever.