Uvalde School Shooting
Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. The tragedy evokes memories of the Sandy Hook school schooling in Newtown, Connecticut, a decade earlier.
The Uvalde school shooting highlights the need for ongoing active shooter response training for law enforcement. Several resources can be found in this compilation of active shooter training-focused content. All first responders are encouraged to embrace communication around the impact of such difficult incidents on their mental health.
Learn more about the Uvalde school shooting and related expert analysis below.
To improve school safety against active shooters, we must work on prevention, disruption and response through a multitude of options
Regardless of where an incident occurs, agencies invariably face inquiries from community members and the media about their preparedness and response
Law enforcement must continue to keep these low-frequency, high-consequence events at the forefront of their training
Enhancing individual and organizational performance is founded upon full comprehension of the “how” and “why” performance did not meet expectations
The article discussed small town PDs in the US and the disastrous response in Uvalde as though they were related
The frequency of lockdowns and security alerts – nearly 50 between February and May – may have created a “diminished sense of vigilance”
The announcement appeared to widen the fallout of an 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House
The city will investigate whether Lt. Mariano Pargas was responsible for taking command and what specific actions he took to establish that command
A report by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives is the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement
An officer who was criticized for checking his phone had been trying to contact his dying wife, a Texas lawmaker said
The video shows parts of the 80 minutes that passed between the gunman walking into the school to when he was fatally shot
Authorities have received a renewed push to share the 77-minute video
The document contains a detailed timeline of the incident, including a discussion about breaching assessment and opportunities
“A reasonable officer would have considered this an active situation and devised a plan to address the suspect,” read the report
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
Every campus-based law enforcement agency must examine its active shooter response training and response protocols to a school shooting
Chief Pete Arredondo said he decided to step down for the good of the city administration
A look at the psychological impacts for responding officers and how to cope with potential trauma
Initial responding officers must evaluate quickly, move to the sound of the guns, gathering intelligence on the move
A recently passed bill that will allow armed school employees in Ohio has sparked controversy and debate among police and teacher unions
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The school district’s superintendent said he put Pete Arredondo on leave because the facts of the police response remain unclear
The time has come for all law enforcement agencies to greatly expand their breaching tools and related training programs
Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response an “abject failure”
Leadership errors made in training, if corrected, can lead to better actions in real situations
Some residents are rallying behind Donna Police Chief Gilbert Guerrero, who they say was wrongfully fired
Chief Pete Arredondo says he did not consider himself the incident commander. “I didn’t issue any orders,” he said
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A team of nine, including current and former law enforcement officials, will review the police response to the mass shooting
“Almost all of us, at one point or another, had to go back to our patrol car and just cry for a little bit,” one officer recalled
Chief Pete Arredondo was unaware students were still alive and calling 911 from inside the classroom, said State Sen. Roland Gutierrez
County officials said they were moved to act after the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas
Sen. Roland Gutierrez called it a “system failure” that calls weren’t communicated to embattled Chief Pete Arredondo
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