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Military Will Provide Equipment, Personnel as Needed by Sniper Investigators
Aired October 16, 2002 - 05:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Did anyone see the sniper aim and shoot? Could be. At least that's what the "Washington Post" is reporting this morning. Police in the D.C. area are working on a composite, which means we could soon see what the killer looks like. At least one police chief says the evidence at the scene of the latest shooting could lead to an arrest.
In the meantime, mourners lit candles in Falls Church, Virginia, at the scene of the killing of 47-year-old Linda Franklin. It happened outside of a Home Depot. In Montgomery County, Maryland, where the investigation's command center is based, Police Chief Charles Moose was questioned about that composite sketch of a suspect.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE: We would love to come forth and show you the mug shot of the person that we have arrested and now the case is closed. I would love to do that. I would, you know, so I don't know what your question is actually getting to. And so, again, I think I've answered it already in the sense that if we have information that we feel needs to be in the public arena, would be helpful in the case, we will present that information.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Police did release these new composite graphics of two vehicles spotted at the sniper's previous attack near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The U.S. military will provide equipment and personnel as needed by the sniper investigators.
CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr explains how the operation may work.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The plan calls for the military to provide reconnaissance and surveillance equipment that might be used to try and quickly find the sniper within moments of a next attack. In addition, advanced communications gear will be used to allow the authorities to react faster.
Law enforcement authorities will request the equipment as needed, but the military will have a tightly controlled role. Troops will only operate the equipment, passing data to law enforcement authorities who would be alongside. It would be up to civilian authorities to chase and arrest any suspect.
Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, the military is prohibited from any role in domestic law enforcement. This is not the first time the military has assisted in law enforcement, however. For several years, troops have worked alongside civilian authorities in drug interdiction, looking for suspects, but not participating in actual arrests.
(on camera): Pentagon officials have asked that the details of the equipment to be used not be made public so as not to jeopardize the investigation. And they emphasizes it is still up to civilian law enforcement to decide how to proceed. But if the sniper strikes again, the U.S. military stands ready to join the hunt.
Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 16, 2002 - 05:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Did anyone see the sniper aim and shoot? Could be. At least that's what the "Washington Post" is reporting this morning. Police in the D.C. area are working on a composite, which means we could soon see what the killer looks like. At least one police chief says the evidence at the scene of the latest shooting could lead to an arrest.
In the meantime, mourners lit candles in Falls Church, Virginia, at the scene of the killing of 47-year-old Linda Franklin. It happened outside of a Home Depot. In Montgomery County, Maryland, where the investigation's command center is based, Police Chief Charles Moose was questioned about that composite sketch of a suspect.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CHIEF CHARLES MOOSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE: We would love to come forth and show you the mug shot of the person that we have arrested and now the case is closed. I would love to do that. I would, you know, so I don't know what your question is actually getting to. And so, again, I think I've answered it already in the sense that if we have information that we feel needs to be in the public arena, would be helpful in the case, we will present that information.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Police did release these new composite graphics of two vehicles spotted at the sniper's previous attack near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The U.S. military will provide equipment and personnel as needed by the sniper investigators.
CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr explains how the operation may work.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The plan calls for the military to provide reconnaissance and surveillance equipment that might be used to try and quickly find the sniper within moments of a next attack. In addition, advanced communications gear will be used to allow the authorities to react faster.
Law enforcement authorities will request the equipment as needed, but the military will have a tightly controlled role. Troops will only operate the equipment, passing data to law enforcement authorities who would be alongside. It would be up to civilian authorities to chase and arrest any suspect.
Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, the military is prohibited from any role in domestic law enforcement. This is not the first time the military has assisted in law enforcement, however. For several years, troops have worked alongside civilian authorities in drug interdiction, looking for suspects, but not participating in actual arrests.
(on camera): Pentagon officials have asked that the details of the equipment to be used not be made public so as not to jeopardize the investigation. And they emphasizes it is still up to civilian law enforcement to decide how to proceed. But if the sniper strikes again, the U.S. military stands ready to join the hunt.
Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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