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Head of Texas DPS: The Uvalde Police Response Was ‘An Abject Failure’
WATCH: Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw criticizes law enforcement response in #Uvalde school shooting calling it “an abject failure.” MORE: https://t.co/UZ2mN4Lrm8 pic.twitter.com/zXwxJRBS1r — KXAN News (@KXAN_News) June 21, 2022 By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg, AP Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman … Read more
How Many Deaths in Uvalde Were Caused By the Slowness and Slackness of Bureaucracy?
By Dan Sanchez Why did they wait? That question must haunt the families of the nineteen children and two adults who were massacred in Uvalde, Texas last week in light of recent revelations about the police response. Accounts of what happened have been shifting and inconsistent. But according to a timeline published by the Associated … Read more
Justice Department Will Review Police Tactics in Delayed Uvalde School Shooting Response
By Lindsay Whitehurst, AP Since the Columbine High School massacre more than 20 years ago, police have been trained to quickly confront shooters in the horrific attacks that have followed. But officers in Uvalde, Texas, took more than an hour to kill a shooter who massacred 19 children, a lapse of time that will likely be a … Read more
Gagliano: Speed, Surprise and Violence of Action Is How to End Shootings Faster and Save Lives
Post-Columbine, some high-profile examples of law enforcement interdiction of active shooters that came under critical scrutiny include: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut (December 14, 2012). After murdering his mother at home, 20-year-old Adam Lanza kills 26 victims at the nearby elementary school, including 20 children between six and seven years of age and six adult … Read more
Another Parkland? What Took Police So Long to Enter the School in Uvalde?
As more details of tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas emerge, one disturbing thing now stands out: the apparently long, long time it took to end the threat to the children in the school. For those of us who have had law enforcement training, the events in Uvalde fly directly in the … Read more
