Uvalde CISD Police to Return to Work Amid Calls for Suspension
Community members are demanding the officers who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting be suspended until an audit is complete.
Community members are demanding the officers who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting be suspended until an audit is complete.
Here’s a run-down of what some campuses, districts, cities, and states are doing to make schools more safe and secure.
When a tragedy like Uvalde happens, it’s hard to remember that most campus administrators and public safety officials want to do the right thing.
Upgrades include fencing, 500 additional cameras, single points of entry, and an audit of the district’s Wi-Fi, among other things.
Here are some of the leading classroom door locking practices schools can adopt to effectively mitigate an active shooter attack.
A retired police lieutenant will walk through mistakes made by various law enforcement agencies and discuss changes that must be made in training for violent incidents.
The report describes ‘lackadaisical’ responses by multiple law enforcement agencies and inadequate safety practices at Robb Elementary.
The announcement came during a Texas Senate committee hearing where authorities said the door to the classroom where the killings happened was not locked.
Some extremist online forums also claim the Robb Elementary School shooting was staged by the government in an attempt to advance gun control measures.
Senator Roland Gutierrez said Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo did not know students were calling 911 from inside the classroom.