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While I get your point, I kept wondering why the police would continue harassing him while reading the article. I came up with two reasons:

- Inflated incidence response, probably help for asking more budget

- "real-life situation" field training

In any case, I wouldn't say the terrorism comes directly from the police, but from the stalkers. The police might benefit from the situation, however.

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Each incident also likely boosts their numbers, justifying why they need budget for their SWAT program.

Or as Upton Sinclair put it, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

It's far more likely to be "not allowed to ignore a serious* call out" than a budget or training conspiracy...

*Serious as in, supposed shootings / murders / kidnappings etc - not serious as in "a legitimate call out"

It adds to the count of incidents responded to. Given that they don't actually encounter anything I doubt it'll justify purchasing of a departmental M1 Abrams but I could see it being spun for negotiation of additional SWAT officer hours or a new training facility or something.

There are plenty of YouTubers swatted whose response is significantly downgraded after 2 or 3 false calls. I think DarkSydePhil just gets a welfare check (no pun intended) at this point.

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