Fact Finder, Author at #AbjectFailuretoLead

Office of Emergency Management Director Barrett Lane – responsible for Emergency coordination of local, city, county and state forces – was invisible throughout, i.e., ‘minimally engaged in management’, per the $229,490 Hillard Heintze report....

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National Guard Emergency response timing is codified in the MNGDO manual:

55th Civil Support Team are trained to assess best response to “Natural or human caused disaster that results in or could result in catastrophic loss of life or property”, ARE “ON-SITE” WITHIN TWO HOURS and based at 612 Militia Drive St. Paul, MN 55111

National Guard Reaction Forces (NGRF) “respond when called upon by the governor to support local authorities during incidents that exhaust local resources” ARE “ON-SITE” WITHIN SIX HOURS and based at 505 Spirit River Dr. Cambridge, MN 55008 Minnesota National Guard Domestic Operations

If, when or where any of these specialized units were deployed is not spelled out in General Jensen’s brief key highlights mobilization timeline.

Finding our civilian Mayor’s plea for National Guard support ‘informal’, our Governor, a 24 yr Guardsman and retired National Guard Command Sergeant Major,

Having disagreed internally and publicly on the validity of Mayor Frey and Chief Arradondo’s urgent request for National Guard support,

Office of Emergency Management Director Barrett Lane – responsible for Emergency coordination of local, city, county and state forces – was invisible throughout, i.e., ‘minimally engaged in management’, per

Nothing prevented the Governor, as Commander in Chief, from activating the Guard (State Statute 12.31, subd 2).

While watching the Twin Cities burn, and repeatedly asked point blank for National Guard support before the growing calamity spun out of MPD, MFD, SPPD, and State Patrol’s ability to restore public safety,

Wed May 27, 7:38p: The Call