Less than two weeks prior to conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah, a sheriff’s department in central California undertook extensive reconnaissance for a speech he was due to deliver.
Officials in Tulare County spent three days preparing for the event at a local Visalia church, which drew 2,000 people. They researched potential escape routes and identified local activists opposed to Kirk. On the day, approximately 60 law enforcement officers monitored his movements, even deploying a drone to secure surrounding rooftops, according to Sheriff Mike Boudreaux.
