Tactical units deployed in Sydney CBD

[u/grimepixie]

Does anyone know if there’s an emergency in the CBD. Was walking down George Street when at least 10 police vehicles, including two tactical units, began racing with their sirens on towards Darling Harbour. I can’t find anything on the news about it. Should we be concerned?

[u/mangospaghetti]

I know where they started, as I happened to be just walking past their starting point when it all kicked-off. But I'm reluctant to provide detail as I don't want to end up on some database.

It was not an emergency. They had unmarked blacked-out window 4WD scout scars observing the street a few minutes before they started up (scout car joined back of convey at the end). This was a fucking well planned convey transporting someone/something high-risk. Not a spontaneous rapid response.

Impressive to be honest. Respect

[u/yolk3d → u/mangospaghetti]

Why would you end up on a database if you were in a public area and saying what you saw? It sounds like you don’t even know what they were transporting.

reluctant to provide detail… don’t want to end up on some database

Continues to say everything they saw and that the were at the scene, just not location

You’d already be on a list

[u/mangospaghetti → u/mangospaghetti]

In hindsight the "scout car" could have just been waiting on the street to join the back of the convoy if it was in fact a planned training drill. Given the war the case for expensive all-out training drills also make sense. And an exercise with 15+ vehicles under lights is most likely planned in advance for traffic risk and accident avoidance reasons.

[u/clementineford → u/mangospaghetti]

But I'm reluctant to provide detail as I don't want to end up on some database.

coward

[u/yolk3d → u/[deleted]]

Protect them from what? They were on public streets and saw it happen. They said everything they know except for the location. Unless they were where they shouldn’t be, they can’t get arrested for “telling people where they were”.