[lee martell]

Was there no leadership structure to all those officers?
They are trained to respond to direction and specific orders.

[Deaf Smith]

There was zero need to wait for instruction.

Active shooting in a school…rush in and take out the threat.

All LE on site waiting for instruction (per report) should be fired and banned from law enforcement in Texas.

[Leaning Right]

> Was there no leadership structure to all those officers? They are trained to respond to direction and specific orders. <

Police officers are also trained to show initiative, and respond to threats quickly. So what we have here is a failure to lead, a failure to show initiative, and simple ordinary cowardice.

I suppose we’ll never know which of those three factors contributed the most to the police failure. But cowardice certainly played a part. I wonder how any of those cops can look themselves in the mirror.

I also wonder how a Uvalde resident can stomach it when they see a Uvalde police officer in the street.

[roving]

The first cop on the scene had a clear shot. He asked for permission to shoot. He never got an answer

[GingisK]

They were ordered to “stand down”.