This is the sort of thing that the “Just call 911, then relax” Crowd won’t confront, nor even admit is happening here and now.
Foreign VCA’s (South American and African gang-members, in this country illegally) are currently using WiFi jamming devices as they proceed to commit violent crimes, so that victims can’t reach police, nor fire/rescue services, for help.
“Unusual,” maybe here, but certainly not for violent criminals (and their victims) in South America. Criminals in many South American and African countries are known for cutting phone lines and for their routine use of jamming devices that simultaneously disable CCTV cameras and cell phones.
So much for naively assuming that rescue is “just a phone-call away!” Such assumptions are, in reality, naive delusions that dissolve in the face of hard reality.
In addition, LE agencies nationwide are critically short-staffed. What used to be fast EMS response-time is now a thing of the past.
“Technology” is a fine addition to any security plan, but ultimately ever-present lethal force, at the user level, always represents “the bottom line.”
When that cell phone is the only tool in your toolbox, you’ve painted yourself into a corner, as we see!
“There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.”
Lao Tzu
/John
