Uvalde school police Chief Pete Arredondo was clearly a dismal failure in his role as incident commander.
But the overwhelming majority of responders were federal and state law enforcement. There were 149 U.S. Border Patrol there, and there were 91 state police there. And their responsibilities include responding to “mass attacks in public places.” There were also responders there from county law enforcement, U.S. Marshals, and federal DEA.
There was clearly a dismal failure and inaction of state and federal law enforcement responders as well.
Likely a lotta ‘tactical training’ collectively among the well over 300 law enforcement responders…heck, even among the first dozen or so on the scene…in addition to some pretty good competitive shooters and a lotta “real world experience”.
