AG Garland: Law Enforcement’s Response to Uvalde School Shooting Was a Failure

Garland to rescue their ░░░░░░░░ ones Law enforcement officers ░░░░░░░░ different agencies who itself ░░░░░░░░ to the scene in ░░░░░░░░ numbers were themselves waiting ░░░░░░░░ leadership decisions about how ░░░░░░░░ proceed Many officers reported ░░░░░░░░ they did not know ░░░░░░░░ if anyone was in ░░░░░░░░ what they should do ░░░░░░░░ the status of the ░░░░░░░░ Some officers were confused ░░░░░░░░ why there was no ░░░░░░░░ to confront the active ░░░░░░░░ and rescue the children ░░░░░░░░ officers believe the subject ░░░░░░░░ already been killed or ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement was in ░░░░░░░░ room with the shooter ░░░░░░░░ five minutes after the ░░░░░░░░ officers arrived on scene ░░░░░░░░ finally entered room 111 ░░░░░░░░ subject engaged the entry ░░░░░░░░ team with gunfire and ░░░░░░░░ officers responded with fire ░░░░░░░░ seven minutes after the ░░░░░░░░ officers arrived on the ░░░░░░░░ and after 45 rounds ░░░░░░░░ been fired by the ░░░░░░░░ shooter the shooter was ░░░░░░░░ The massacre at Robb ░░░░░░░░ shattered families throughout this ░░░░░░░░ and devastated our country ░░░░░░░░ children and two teachers ░░░░░░░░ killed and untold numbers ░░░░░░░░ students teachers and law ░░░░░░░░ officers were injured The ░░░░░░░░ enforcement response to the ░░░░░░░░ shooting at Robb Elementary ░░░░░░░░ a failure As a ░░░░░░░░ posed to our country ░░░░░░░░ mass shootings has grown ░░░░░░░░ evolved over the past ░░░░░░░░ decades law enforcement response ░░░░░░░░ have also changed The ░░░░░░░░ at Columbine High School ░░░░░░░░ years ago and the ░░░░░░░░ minutes it took for ░░░░░░░░ enforcement to enter that ░░░░░░░░ school marked a major ░░░░░░░░ in how law enforcement ░░░░░░░░ think about responding to ░░░░░░░░ shootings It is now ░░░░░░░░ understood by law enforcement ░░░░░░░░ across the country that ░░░░░░░░ active shooter incidents time ░░░░░░░░ not on the side ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement Every second ░░░░░░░░ And the priority of ░░░░░░░░ enforcement must be to ░░░░░░░░ enter the room and ░░░░░░░░ the shooter with whatever ░░░░░░░░ and tools officers have ░░░░░░░░ them That is the ░░░░░░░░ responding officers first employed ░░░░░░░░ they arrived at Robb ░░░░░░░░ School But within minutes ░░░░░░░░ arriving inside the school ░░░░░░░░ on scene transitioned from ░░░░░░░░ the scene as an ░░░░░░░░ shooter situation to treating ░░░░░░░░ shooter as a barricaded ░░░░░░░░ This was the most ░░░░░░░░ failure That failure meant ░░░░░░░░ law enforcement officials prioritize ░░░░░░░░ protracted evacuation of students ░░░░░░░░ teachers in other classrooms ░░░░░░░░ of immediately rescuing the ░░░░░░░░ trapped with the active ░░░░░░░░ It meant that officials ░░░░░░░░ time trying to negotiate ░░░░░░░░ the subject instead of ░░░░░░░░ the room and confronting ░░░░░░░░ It meant that officials ░░░░░░░░ for and waited for ░░░░░░░░ responders and equipment instead ░░░░░░░░ following generally accepted active ░░░░░░░░ practice and moving toward ░░░░░░░░ shooters shooter with the ░░░░░░░░ they had It meant ░░░░░░░░ for a set of ░░░░░░░░ to open the classroom ░░░░░░░░ which the report concludes ░░░░░░░░ likely unlocked anyway And ░░░░░░░░ meant that the victims ░░░░░░░░ trapped with a shooter ░░░░░░░░ more than an hour ░░░░░░░░ the first officers arrived ░░░░░░░░ scene.”