"Systemic failures" in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details

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https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/law-enforcement-failure-uvalde-shooting-investigation/

The 77-page report, reviewed by The Texas Tribune, provides a damning portrayal of a family unable to recognize warning signs, a school district that had strayed from strict adherence to its safety plan and a police response that disregarded its own active-shooter training.

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The report also reveals for the first time that the overwhelming majority of responders were federal and state law enforcement: 149 were U.S. Border Patrol, and 91 were state police — whose responsibilities include responding to “mass attacks in public places.” There were 25 Uvalde police officers and 16 sheriff’s deputies. Arredondo’s school police force accounted for five of the officers on the scene. The rest of the force was made up of neighboring county law enforcement, U.S. Marshals, and federal Drug Enforcement Agency officers.

I find this heartbreaking:

Additionally, some faculty and staff did not initially take the intruder alert seriously because they were desensitized to the alert system which often was triggered by frequent immigration-related police pursuits.

Uvalde is about 50 miles east of Mexico and sits at the intersection of major highways from the border cities of Del Rio and Eagle Pass. Police described a recent increase in “bailouts,” where officers chase a vehicle containing suspected undocumented migrants, who then purposely crash and scatter to avoid apprehension. School district officials told the committee there had been 47 “secure” or “lockdown” events since February 2022. Around 90% of those had been because of bailouts.

There has never been an incident of school violence related to the bailouts.

“The series of bailout-related alerts led teachers and administrators to respond to all alerts with less urgency—when they heard the sound of an alert, many assumed that it was another bailout,” the report states.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. There were over two hundred responders?

And they’re blaming parents and teachers?

Oh, these guys are the worst.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. No, it was actually closer to 400. But more than half were state/feds.

[Meadowoak]

4. That equals 18 good guys with a gun standing around doing

Nothing for every life lost.

376/21=17.9

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3. I don't see it as blaming the parents and teachers

It's just laying out what they've found so far.

I think it's important to lay out all of the facts, if for no other reason than to remind everyone that there is no room for complacency.

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5. kick