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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Nov. 4 riot preparations not necessary in Gwinnett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Deputies in Richmond and Columbia counties are taking an eight-hour course today to deal with potential civil unrest or overexuberant celebrating after Tuesday’s presidential election, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
No, authorities don’t expect any problems. Nevertheless, as many as 60 deputies were to learn crowd control and dispursement techiques.
I e-mailed Gwinnett County Police Chief Charles Walters to see if similar preparations were taking shape here.
His reply: “We have no indication of those type incidents occuring here.”
Great, but does that mean plans or departmental meetings have, or haven’t, been held to prepare?
Reply No. 2: “This agency’s only comment is that we have no indication of the type of behavior you asked about.
Unsatisfied, I got Gwinnett police spokesman Cpl. David Schiralli on the horn.
“{Election Day} will be a routine business day for us,” he said. “We would handle any incident on a case-by-case incident. If something were to happen, the department has procedures in place to implement immediately.”
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