{"id":1495787,"date":"2022-05-28T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1495787"},"modified":"2022-05-28T10:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T14:44:50","slug":"uvalde-cops-had-active-shooter-training-just-weeks-before-elementary-school-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-cops-had-active-shooter-training-just-weeks-before-elementary-school-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"Uvalde Cops Had \u2018Active Shooter\u2019 Training Just Weeks Before Elementary School Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuvalde-cops-had-active-shooter-training-just-weeks-before-elementary-school-massacre%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1495787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Uvalde police officers have been widely criticized for their delayed response to the tragic shooting that took place Tuesday at Robb Elementary School \u2013 apparently despite the fact that the department had\u00a0hosted an \u201cActive Shooter Training\u201d just nine weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Reload\u2019s Stephen Gutowski shared a photo of a flyer advertising the training course, hosted by the Uvalde Police Department, that was scheduled to take place in March. \u201cIt appears there was an active shooter class hosted by the Uvalde Police Department on March 21,2022. Here is the ad for the class that was posted on the Southwest Texas Junior College Law Enforcement Academy Facebook page on March 1st.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the posted flyer, the training was actually titled: \u201cActive Shooter for School-Based Law Enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It appears there was an active shooter class hosted by the Uvalde Police Department on Match 21, 2022. Here is the ad for the class that was posted on the Southwest Texas Junior College Law Enforcement Academy Facebook page on March 1st. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sSCpqMKSvP\">https:\/\/t.co\/sSCpqMKSvP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzskmKF7cP\">pic.twitter.com\/qzskmKF7cP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenGutowski\/status\/1530346400793370626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second photo showed that the class had filled: \u201cThe next day they posted the class was full. There don\u2019t appear to be any other updates about the training posted on the Southwest Texas Junior College Law Enforcement Academy Facebook page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The next day they posted the class was full. There don&#8217;t appear to be any other updates about the training posted on the Southwest Texas Junior College Law Enforcement Academy Facebook page. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LFVv8YEbH\">https:\/\/t.co\/6LFVv8YEbH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h083xUQRto\">pic.twitter.com\/h083xUQRto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenGutowski\/status\/1530346730591748096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times\u2019 Mike Baker dug into the issue as well, detailing several of the key points the training was expected to address. Baker noted that the active shooter drills included role-playing different potential scenarios that could play out in an active shooter situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trainings included both classroom teachings and role-playing scenarios inside school hallways,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the past two years, the Uvalde school district has hosted at least two active-shooter training days. One of them was just two months ago. <\/p>\n<p>The trainings included both classroom teachings and role-playing scenarios inside school hallways (below).<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vE11bemXYg\">https:\/\/t.co\/vE11bemXYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2\/9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wehrjsvi6j\">pic.twitter.com\/wehrjsvi6j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByMikeBaker\/status\/1530357348308377601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The training also addressed just how crucial timing was in such situations, explaining in the class literature that the number one priority always had to be to confront the shooter as quickly as possible and to neutralize the threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut how should officers confront the gunman? With a tactical team? The training says that\u2019s probably not feasible, because the urgency is so high,\u201d Baker continued. \u201cA SINGLE OFFICER, the training says, may need to confront the suspect on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But how should officers confront the gunman? With a tactical team? The training says that&#8217;s probably not feasible, because the urgency is so high. <\/p>\n<p>A SINGLE OFFICER, the training says, may need to confront the suspect on their own. <\/p>\n<p>4\/9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/he8A49apFl\">pic.twitter.com\/he8A49apFl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByMikeBaker\/status\/1530358760798990336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe short duration and high casualty rates produced by these events requires immediate response to reduce the loss of life. In many cases that immediate response means a single (solo) officer response until such times as other forces can arrive. The best hope that innocent victims have is that officers immediately move into action to isolate, distract, or neutralize the threat, even if that means one officer acting alone,\u201d the training documents read, according to a screenshot Baker posted.<\/p>\n<p>Baker noted that the guidelines were not at all ambiguous, clearly stating that an officer going in alone could be <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/they-couldve-been-shot-texas-cop-explains-why-police-waited-to-enter-uvalde-school\/\">putting his or her own life at risk<\/a> but that the risk was warranted if innocent lives could be saved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA first responder unwilling to place the lives of the innocent above their own safety should consider another career field,\u201d the guidance adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe training expectations are obviously in stark contrast to what we are seeing in Uvalde. Police officials have said that officers were reluctant to engage the gunman because \u2018they could\u2019ve been shot,&#8217;\u201d Baker added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They could&#8217;ve been shot. They could&#8217;ve been killed,&#8221; Texas police lieutenant explains why law enforcement did not go into Uvalde school right away. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfzTtAQqFg\">pic.twitter.com\/lfzTtAQqFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAKruta\/status\/1529977770931113987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guidelines also address what officers are to do in the event that one of them is shot: Carry on and continue attempting to engage and neutralize the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that officers did not follow that scenario this week. 19 officers staged outside the classroom. 78 minutes elapsed before they entered. Children repeatedly called 911 from inside,\u201d Baker concluded.<\/p>\n<p>And Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Steven McCraw <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/of-course-it-was-not-the-right-decision-dps-director-says-cops-should-have-charged-uvalde-school\/\">agreed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/its-about-the-parents-of-those-children-forget-about-me-dps-chief-breaks-down-when-reporter-asks-how-hes-doing\/\">telling reporters<\/a> at a Friday press conference, \u201cOf course it was not the right decision! \u2026 Every officer lines up, stacks up. goes and finds where the rounds are being fired at and keeps shooting until the subject is dead, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Of course it was not the right decision!&#8221; TX DPS Director says cops should have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uvalde police officers have been widely criticized for their delayed response to the tragic shooting that took place Tuesday at Robb Elementary School \u2013 apparently despite the fact that the department had\u00a0hosted an \u201cActive Shooter Training\u201d just nine weeks earlier. The Reload\u2019s Stephen Gutowski shared a photo of a flyer advertising the training course, hosted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1495796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1495787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1495796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}