Someone was in command on that scene. I don't know who and I don't think they were doing a good job but there was someone. I am sure there was some problems between fed and local as well.
However, even local PDs are part of huge training exercises to help mitigate these problems. Not everyone will be part of those exercises but generally you will have coordinators from each department who you know you report to and they will have been trained to report to others etc....
This was stressed after 9/11 and is part of the federal money they receive for all their toys.
But I do think this was still a complete duck up. They were, from looking at media, running around without much direction or at least none that made much sense. I believe for many this was treated as an exercise and an excuse to take out the sniper rifles and the tactical vehicles and ride around hanging out of helicopters.
There needs to be a serious investigation into this manhunt and people need to stop just giving govt a blank check to do whatever.
Even if this was a homicide there was no excuse for what we saw and what has transpired afterwards. None.