MDP Swat Team COULD Have Done Better

Eight tourists are going back to their homelands, but on box coffins following the aftermath of the 10-hour stand-off between Rolando Mendoza and the Manila Police District SWAT team. Three were Canadian nationals and five others were Hong Kong nationals.

Currently, an ongoing investigation into the hostage-taking incident on Monday which ended in a carnage is taking place. Four team leaders of the Manila Police District Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) led by Chief Inspector Santiago Pascual were placed on administrative relief. All 200 members of the MPD-SWAT were also ordered to submit their firearms for a ballistics examination but have been advised to stay in their offices.

Meanwhile, a security analyst who has worked in counter-terrorism with the British Army and Scotland Yard, Charles Shoebridge, says the officers involved in Manila's bus siege showed great courage - but they were not properly trained or equipped for the task.

In Charles Shoebridge's view, they could have done better with regards to their
1. Determination
2. Lack of equipment
3. Lost opportunity to disarm the gunman
4. Lost opportunity to shoot the gunman
5. Satisfying the gunman's demands
6. Televised proceedings
7. No element of surprise
8. Safeguarding the public
9. Using the gunman's brother to negotiate
10. Insufficient training

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