The law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers was ¡°an abject failure¡± in which a commander put the lives of officers over those of the children, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw said Tuesday.
The on-site commander made ¡°terrible decisions¡± and officers at the scene lacked sufficient training, costing valuable time during which lives may have been saved, McCraw told lawmakers during a Texas Senate hearing into the May 24 mass shooting.
¡°There is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at Robb Elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we¡¯ve learned,¡± McCraw said.
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