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Originally Posted by derrell
The system as it stands now is truly appalling. It is amazing just how many local law enforcement officers are totally unaware of the threat just as the general public is. In some cases they end up being as much of a handicap to responders as the panicked populace. The continued policy of secrecy needs to come to an end now before we all pay the price.
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Again, it's difficult to find fault with any of your points. I've reviewed case after case of incidents exacerbated by the mistakes of the uninformed. In fact, I just read two disturbingly similar cases where local authorities, on different continents mind you, placed an infected individual in a crowded drunk tank to "sleep one off."
In both cases, police were called to resolve a disturbance between two unknown suspects several blocks away from a drinking establishment with a reputation for somewhat rowdy behavior. When police arrived, they found only one individual with minor wounds babbling incoherently about being bitten by a monster. As the officers were quite used to dealing with drunk and disorderly conduct in this area, they simply followed standard procedure and hauled the hysterical individual to the station's custody cell for further processing once the suspect became more coherent. Of course, this never occurred.
Further details on both incidents remain somewhat clouded. By following a paper trail, however, I discovered that a Montana research center obtained five John Doe Zombies known to have been conclusively infected by the same agent. I am certain these Zombies were cellmates to one of the incarcerated bite victims. The other incident occurred near Brisbane, Australia and I have been able to find very little information on the final disposition of this case.
Had the local authorities been given even the most meager of undead management training, they would have known to isolate the initial suspects, and so, your argument is bolstered by these accounts and many others just like them.
Still, I remain cautious, as it is my nature. I'm wondering if maybe there might be a way to release our findings in a controlled manner as opposed to simply revealing the truth all at once to the entire world. You see, if we simply remove all the secrecy and admit the existence of the undead, we won't be able to restore control if we find we made a mistake. A wise man once told me that it's impossible to put the shark back in ocean once it starts swinging from the trees. The same may be true of the undead.