Eric Brown, a 24-year U.S. Army Special Forces veteran and CEO of Imperio Consulting, told Fox News Digital that the man nicknamed the “Devil of the Ozarks,” 56-year-old Grant Hardin, a former police chief, may have an “edge” on police given his past experience.
Hardin, who escaped from the medium-security prison in Calico Rock, Arkansas, last Sunday, “has a working knowledge of law enforcement procedures, patrol routines and how search operations are typically structured,” Brown told Fox News. “That gives him an initial edge. He knows how law enforcement thinks.”
Law enforcement “will likely lean on geo-fencing, license plate readers, and known associate surveillance,” he continued. “If he’s on foot, dogs, drones, and thermal imaging tighten the noose.
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