by sandman » Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:16 am
Whether or not the big operation was necessary is hard to say. It may have been a big waste of money or it may have kept the guy from killing more people. It's impossible to say. However, there's no doubt that it would have been ironic if after all that work the guy had gotten out of Kern County and been apprehended or killed by officers from another county. Of course, in that case the spin would be that the forces in Kern County flushed him out and forced him to take chances leading to apprehension or in this case his death.