A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about Norm Macdonald

Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by taneq on Saturday February 10, 2024 @08:50PM (#39331981)

While this could have been worded a little differently, I think the core point is valid. What on earth is going on in law enforcement that they can get four anonymous tip-offs for the same address on the same day and not, by the fourth time, think "hey, we've already arrested this guy three times today, maybe he's not suddenly going to have become a heavily armed criminal since 2pm when we last checked."

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Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by pixl97 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:00PM (#39332027)

A few potential things.

1) The department could have a policy that considers all calls real threats. For example lets say you target a business that carries a lot of cash with swatting. You fatigue the cops with swatting until they no longer respond. Then you rob the place.

2) The cops don't like the guy. Couple that with number 1 and you get the perfect shitstorm situation for the victim.

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Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by jacoblambda on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:20PM (#39332124)

> 1) The department could have a policy that considers all calls real threats. For example lets say you target a business that carries a lot of cash with swatting. You fatigue the cops with swatting until they no longer respond. Then you rob the place.

It's not that you no longer respond. What competent orgs do is establish that there is a swatting risk after the first incident (or after the individual notifies them), call the phone of a known good number at the residence/business to verify that things are okay, and then send a patrol car to the residence/business as a final safety check.

It's really not super complicated. You treat it like a real threat but with a known risk of impersonation/fake threats. And importantly you don't jump straight to the kicking down doors and swinging vases SWAT response but rather gradually ratchet up the response as red flags appear.

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Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by wahnfrieden on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:13PM (#39332091)

3) overtime pay

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Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by plagiarist on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:09PM (#39332068)

I'd never try that strategy for robbing a cash business. They would have been gotten civil asset forfeited after the first call, leaving nothing for any other crooks.

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Re:A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about N... by enormousness on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:02PM (#39332040)

I'd love to quote Hanlon's Razor but I really think Occam's is more appropriate in this case: they're obviously complicit and doing it on purpose.

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