That is a great question.... and is there an answer? From a personal perspective and seeing everything first hand, I don't think we can put the blame of loss and "too much" on SacPD for this one. My wife works in the area, and I was very glad to see the level of protection and consideration given to the area employees, business owners, traffic and pedestrians. It was truly believed that the suspect was in the building. He was encountered by a couple of people, witnesses saw him and no one saw him exit the parking structure. This was so uncanny... while picking my wife up from work there in the area last week, my wife and I had discussed how scary and horrific it would be if someone did get up in one of the parking structures with a gun. Routinely, while at these incidents, I will hear people who were forced to evacuate complaining about overkill, and police doing too much, but as people evacuated the buildings and area, they all seemed relieved at the police presence and course of action. I think the blame on this has to fall on the individual who set this ball in motion. Fact is... he did enter the structure, ...he did have a gun, ...multiple people felt unsafe and threatened. But that still leaves us with your question, MyQuest, "when is it too much?" ...and further than that, who can really answer that question?

Maybe Mr. Leong from SacPD will jump in here and give us the Police Department's perspective.

Wow, Norm. What a great response. It's great to have your voice in the conversation because you're right, we didn't see the officers checking at other locations. You pointed out a lot of things I wouldn't have considered.

You're especially right that the PD would have come under extreme fire if someone were shot because you weren't taking extra precautions. Thanks so much for chiming in.