3 external doors to go through.

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There were 3 doors the firearms team could have gone through.
The best known are the main front door and the door the police used.
There was probably little to choose safety wise for entry to be gained between these 2 so any recce may have swung the decision.
However what really appears to have been the safest was the less obvious other door on black side which would have been far safer for the firearms to use in my opinion. They would have been less prone to a surprise attack by using this door . The door they used was probably the most risky so it raises the question as to why they chose to use it. What indeed did they see on recce through the windows that made them decide to use this.  In my view there must have been a high level of confidence that Sheila (the most likely source of danger) was not a serious threat and there must have been a good conviction that it was her that was the female body observed through a window.


A reasonably detailed plan of the relevant ground floor of the house would expose what appears to have been a bad choice by the police. Places unseen from the windows that someone could have been in ready to spring a surprise on any officers as they came in through the door.

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If the female body viewed through the window cannot be clearly seen to be dead then the presumption should be that they are alive and still a potential threat.
Likewise if a male is viewed as being a female and they cannot be seen well enough to be sure whether they are dead or not then they need to be treated as a potential threat.

In such a case a potential threat has been identified in one location. If this person was strongly considered to be the source of danger then by viewing that threat as being where it is spotted allows a decision on which entrance point to use by grounds of the threat being safely located. In a totally blind situation, such as nobody in view downstairs, then which entrance posed least risk would need to be considered on the basis that the threat could be anywhere.


so you select a lead team who will enter first and a man to break the door down....the main threat is sighted  in a nearby room but it is unsure if she is dead or not. what do the other 3 goons do?....nothing...
how about have one uses a mirror to keep the  previously seen  body in sight to check on whether it responds so suitable warning can be given to those two who will be entering first.