Question B

[Jonetta]

ICE and the FBI collide at the home of Oliver Martinez, seemingly at cross purposes to capture and arrest the same target. Do you think this happens often in real life? Why wouldn’t they have a process to know of open operations within a federal agency?

[Robin]

You'd think by now they would have a system to check on open investigations so this didn't happen. I'm guessing it actually happens a lot in real life. I wonder if some of it is the "get him before the others guys get him" mentality. Or are they afraid that entering info into a database about open operations would lead to too many leaks?

[Anita]

I will never understand the "I've got to get him first" mentality that some in federal agencies have. I only care that someone gets the baddies. I do understand why they would not have an operations database. Loose lips and spies are always a concern.

[Melissa]

I think this happens quite often. The FBI never seems to let anyone know what they are doing.

[Jonetta]

Egos get in the way. Unfortunately, I think this happens more often than we’d like to think. Some agencies don’t trust each other, some are known to not play well with others. It comes down to leadership. Fortunately in this situation, Sonia and Dean decided the greater good outweighed their individual goals. That’s probably rare.

[Karen ♐]

I would imagine this still happens. They operate separately and don't (normally) want to help another agency and share the credit when they bring down the criminal. I think the way this was written is probably the exception, not the rule.