Uvalde Elementary Schoolers Kept Calling 911 For Help As Police Were Instructed To Not Engage- NBC News

[Rhiannon12866]

Chief of police for the school district, Pete Arredondo, reportedly told federal agents not to engage with the gunman. Sources say federal agents waited 30 minutes before overruling Arredondo’s guidance to not engage with the gunman as 911 calls from students kept coming in. Tonight, anger and frustration over the police response as the community gathers to mourn lives lost. Aired on 05/28/2022.

[SergeStorms]

1. That's unforgivable.

I'd never be able to forgive that chief of police for his cowardice.

How he'll be able to live in that community after this vexes me. He'll probably be forced to leave that area and school district, because no one will ever respect his decision making skills again.

Would you follow orders from a wishy-washy coward? I certainly wouldn't.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. And the police had just received active shooter training in March

That's what is even more inexplicable - and unforgivable.

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3. He may as well leave town as his future there, or anywhere else, in law enforcement...

is mud. His extremely poor judgment/cowardice? is the reason many kids were killed by the gunman.

[wnylib]

4. Looks more like poor judgment than cowardice

since the chief's own life was not at risk if the police had gone after the shooter.

He did not follow the department's own protocols for an active shooter and showed an inability to comprehend the nature of the danger to students and teachers. He put the safety of the police ahead of the safety of people trapped in the school. He decided, without evidence and in contradiction to actual evidence, that the shootings were over, the shooter was cpntained, and no one else was at risk.

Totally incompetent for the position he holds. Extremely poor leader.