The protocol is for arriving teams to establish communication with on-site security, assess and immediately team up (Usually 4+) to neutralize the threat regardless of what law enforcement department or branch affiliation. Command and Control, SWAT, perimeter, etc. are fluid and almost an afterthought to the immediate threat. Most officers are properly equipped with rifles, breaching shotguns, and barely adequate vests. Usually, problems stem from training and rarely having combined department training exercises to hash out their differences that honestly shouldn't exist. We don't know the details, but it's hard to imagine an Officer Needs Assitance code going out or even Active Shooter and the local departments wouldn't be all over it without hesitation. Heck, in Jax, the quickest way to get jacked up as a suspect/criminal is for an Officer Needs Assistance to go out. Poor patrol cars go into at all cost abuse mode!!

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