The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) revealed last week that 19 police officers waited 45 minutes before finally entering the room where the action took place and killing him, which was strongly criticized.
The revelation that the police officer in charge of the operation to deal with the broker is shocking at Ovalde Elementary School was not informed of the desperate calls to the police made by students during the massacre.
The calls received by Uvalde police “were not passed on to the head of the scene, Officer (Pete) Arendodo”, the commander of the police department of the school district where the elementary school belongs, Democratic Sen. Roland Gutierrez told reporters.
It is about “For a system error”, Gutierrez, chairman of the Texas Senate, added that he did not know who had been notified of the calls.
Police actions are at the heart of criticism after the massacre that noted on May 24 at the Rob Elementary School. Nineteen children and two teachers were shot dead by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos in one of the deadliest incidents at a school in the United States.
Texas Public Safety Service (DPS) had revealed last week that 19 police officers from various law enforcement agencies were in the hallway outside a room where the perpetrator of the massacre had invaded for 45 minutes before finally entering it and killing him, something he strongly criticized.
Overall, the police needed it one hour to intervene, resulting in an investigation into the matter.
This is despite the fact that many students and teachers who were in classrooms through which the perpetrator passed called the police. Among them is a child who called and said: “Please, send the police now.”
Last week, DPS director Steven McGraw said police did not intervene more quickly because they believed “There were probably no more survivors”without explaining who had been informed of the calls made to the police from inside the school.
“We need to know what the law enforcement forces did” and what procedures were followed or not, Gutierrez stressed.
“We all failed. Many mistakes were made “concluded the senator who is in favor of adopting a stricter framework for gun ownership.
