Scott Payne
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And even though everything funding was gutted, no training whatsoever, Obama down said, no, we need these people trained.
So in 2013, me and probably 130 other tactical instructors for the FBI over five weeks, like whatever, 15 go this week, 15 go this week, and you just keep going.
We all got certified.
Holy cow.
It sucks.
So I went off on a little bit of a tangent there, but what I'm trying to say is,
There's no case worth losing your life and all that stuff I said, with the exception of.
If it's an active shooter event, even though I've been retired since 2021, I didn't drive here, but in my vehicle, I've got a go bag.
I've got everything ready to go.
I still instructed.
I'm now an adjunct instructor with ALERT.
It's the national standard for training law enforcement active shooter response.
But now that, that's different.
If we have actionable intelligence that down the hall people are dying, I got to go.
Uh, I have not responded to a live active shooter, but, um, I mean, we had the Chattanooga shooting the active shooter and we all went there, uh, post after that and stayed down there helping cover leads and stuff.
Cause that was the Knoxville division that worked that.
Dude, they're happening so many times now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Did that turn out legit or was that one that got called in?
I think someone.