Control desk failed to notice assault on camera: More on Nichol's' case...

[Blue to the bone]

ATLANTA — A surveillance camera captured Brian G. Nichols' surprise attack on a Fulton County sheriff's deputy, but no one in the control center noticed the assault and sent help, said a law enforcement official who viewed the security tape.

"It's not just horrible, it was preventable," said Senior Superior Court Judge Philip Etheridge.

No shit. This thing was a cluster fuck from beginning to end.

http://www.pulsejournal.com/business/content/shared/news/nation/stories/03/0314_COURT_CAMERA.html

[Bunny]

1. It sounds like mistakes were made all around.

There should be a very complete investigation done and changes made immediately. This was probably very preventable.

[Tempest]

2. The first mistake was leaving him alone with one cop

He had brought a shank into the courtroom earlier, yet for some reason he was left alone with only one cop, who he overpowered and took a gun from.

[Bark Bark Bark]

3. A Money-Saving Move

...don't want to have to raise taxes!
And just look how that sort of thinking pays off here, like it does in Iraq.

[Tempest]

5. Great analogy

That's putting the dots together.

And it'll get worse if Bush's 2006 budget is approved. He's asking for deep cuts in police funding to states.

[tinonedown]

4. They need to assign a task force

Task force being the cure-all for those in power when they screw up. I wish I could assign a task force when the bills come at the end of the month.