Tenn. official suspended after mock terror drill disrupts county meeting

Tenn. official suspended after mock terror drill disrupts county meeting

Wednesday, August 4, 2004


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(08-04) 15:51 PDT ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) --

An official who staged a security drill that disrupted a county commission meeting with guns and mock hostage-takers has been suspended.

Ernest Jackson, Carter County's emergency management director, will be off the job until the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation finishes its probe of Monday's drill, which upset officials, law enforcement and members of the public, Carter County Mayor Dale Fair said.

Jackson was suspended with pay Tuesday, Fair said.

The meeting was about to take up two tax proposals when three men and a woman burst in with guns drawn and claimed to be taking hostages. One man threatened to explode a bomb with a device he was holding, and another fired a shot, which turned out to be a blank.


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Something similar happened in my state too. They are so worried that the terrorists are going to use chemical weapons to attack a catfish farm in the Deep South. :eyes:

When has anything like that happened?

I don't know of any cases where four people threatened state govt officials with guns and bombs.

someone isn't thinking things through.

gets a real job?