article_snippet.sent: A large number of abandoned bags and packages were also screened.
article_snippet.sent: But The document notes that many victims in hospital found 'the large numbers of heavily armed police officers and investigators' who were providing security in the building 'to be intimidating'.
article_snippet.sent: The patients were left 'frightened' after the officers questioned The patients families and friends, and collected The patients cell phones and other evidence, the document states.
article_snippet.sent: Although officials had deliberated whether to release photos of the suspects at the time, 'weighing concerns about the suspects fleeing and the general safety of the public', concerns about the suspects fleeing and the general safety of the public ultimately did so.
article_snippet.sent: Many of these cops had 'self-deployed,' the 'After Action Report' states.
article_snippet.sent: And it notes that Massachusetts Army National Guard soldiers deployed to help police in Massachusetts Army National Guard
article_snippet.sent: soldiers efforts to track down the suspects were unarmed due to 'policy of the Commonwealth and the MANG'.
article_snippet.sent: This left the suspects reliant on police, 'increasing the risk to both soldiers and officers', the report says.