Subsequently, the primary focus of this editorial is to urge Police Magazine, individual law enforcement offices across the country, as well as law enforcement officers themselves, to implement these type of measures (which allowed for such a coordinated response from these disparate entities) across the country. The benefits of implementing programs such as the Metropolitan Medical Response System in cities and states throughout the U.S. would certainly be manifold, as it would dramatically assist in the work efforts of the aforementioned departments were they previously familiarized with working together in the face of adversity.

I do realize, of course, that the coordination of this type of municipal cooperation would require a substantial amount of training for the various employees involved, which would ideally be an addition to the training necessary for the respective jobs in these organizations. I am also aware that such organization would require a significant amount of pecuniary backing, and that the approval of police departments (no matter on how small or large a scale) in itself would not be sufficient to galvanize such activity among these myriad different entities.

As mentioned previously, the funds which supported the Metropolitan Medical Response System were administered by a specific grant of a Homeland Security program. I am not at all definite in regards to the feasibility of this specific governmental entity's ability to fund similar programs throughout the United States. But the remunerative measures necessary for such an integral action should come from somewhere, and with the backing of law enforcement officials, agencies, and headquarters, the likelihood of procuring such monetary support...

It is logical that the degree of familiarity provided interdepartmentally by such measures would similarly increase the expedience, effectiveness, and the level of production of employees in each entity involved in this program as well.
And while it has been widely acknowledged by several sources for several years that the country (and even parts of the surrounding world) is in a definitive economic downturn, priorities should be outlined and decisions should be made based upon them to preserve the safety of those most valuable to this country: her loyal citizens at home. Had response efforts in Tucson not been as coordinated as they were, there is no telling how many other victims would have been injured, or how many other lives would have been extinguished by Loughner's brazen actions.

Were there someway possible to procure the funding for the unified response of the major civilian support systems throughout the many different cities in this country, it is possible that such unification may even deter future perpetrators from engaging in such bold criminal activities.

But we'll never know until we try. With the official endorsement of law enforcement agencies domestically, in some capacity, such a proposal has an increased chance of being met with approval, or at least of being met with a sincere level of consideration which may possibly lead to approval.