A local investigation into the Uvalde, Texas, police’s response to last year’s Robb Elementary School shooting cleared police of wrongdoing, a departure from the Department of Justice‘s analysis.
The report was made by former police detective Jesse Prado, who was commissioned by the Uvalde City Council. While outlining a series of failures, such as poor training for active shooter situations and poor communication, Prado said the Uvalde officers showed “immeasurable strength” and “level-headed thinking” in their response.
“There were problems all day long with communication and lack of it,” Prado said, according to the Associated Press. “The officers had no way of knowing what was being planned, what was being said. If they would have had a ballistic shield, it would have been enough to get them
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