Apparently the overtime is too good or recruiting standard too low. Either way, this yelp review says: avoid Milwaukee because police would have a struggle figuring out basic who dun its.

Sounds like a good way for the bad guys to pre clear themselves.

Sounds like there’s no bad guys, it’s all a hoax… any idiot could call to get someone swatted.

The bad guy is the caller & the police at that point.

The kid, yeah, that’s a result of the twitch.tv hotheads. He should be prosecuted. Police, they are just doing their jobs (at the minimum) and should probably institute a protocol if they are tasked to the same location more than 5 times in a calendar year.

It's called a hypothetical.

Except it's not even hypothetical, the swatter did swat himself repeatedly.

Just react in a proportional manner to the likelihood. Knock on the door, say hello, ask if everything is ok and can you have a look around.

Assume but confirm.