Major Douglas Burig Case

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The two forum presentations on October 12th were both moving and inspiring but from a police perspective, the presentation given by Major Douglas Burig of the Pennsylvania State Police Department was most impactful to me. In October 2006, Major Burig, a sergeant at the time, was the officer in charge of the West Nickel Mines School shooting in Lancaster Pennsylvania. It was a call that all law enforcement officers understand they may be involved in but pray never happens. Major Burig discussed the police response, the decisions he made, the resulting changes to his department and other issues related to the incident. Major Burig described the scene in detail. He detailed the initial response of the officers, his reasoning for the decisions

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