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Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe

The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Highlights

  • The actions of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
  • The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for more than an hour — could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.
  • “This has been handled so terribly on so many levels, there will be a sacrificial lamb here or there,” said retired New York police sergeant Joe Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant.
  • The attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead in a fourth grade classroom was the nation’s deadliest school shooting.