"Keystone Kops", I would wager that that or calling them inept has been said about most police departments, it certainly is said about the Boulder police as well. I am not criticizing the police, I think sometimes, they are confronted with something, maybe something new and they don't know how to handle it. That's not to excuse them from blame, I'm sure they deserve some.
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This has now become per the bing.com news feed, the top story in the nation. I read one commenter (per comments after a story) say these were professional hits. Could be.
Steven Pitt, the psychiatrist and the Killer seemed to have been heard loudly yelling at each other before Pitt was murdered.