A new report by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) details the agency's involvement in the Robb Elementary School shooting, highlighting 'cascading failures' in law enforcement action and a lack of preparedness for such an event. The report cites inconsistent understanding of authority, confusion regarding command structure, inadequate training, and communication breakdowns as contributing factors to the delayed response.
has released a report on their involvement in stopping the Robb Elementary School shooting, which tragically took the lives of 19 children and 2 teachers.
The report led to several conclusions: The involved CBP personnel had an inconsistent understanding of their own authority when responding to non-federal incidents, none of them could tell who was specifically in charge, and failure of law enforcement to create an incident command led to confusion and disorganization. No law enforcement official ever created a command post which led to “delays, inaction, and potentially further loss of life.
More than an hour later, at 12:50 p.m., several CBP employees, along with one Zavala County Sheriff’s Deputy, breached the door and killed the gunman as he shot back at them. One Border Patrol Agent was hit with gunfire or shrapnel in the process. At 12:16 p.m., a Texas DPS sergeant tells Arredondo, “They say BORTAC unit is going in,” and Arredondo replies, “Okay let me secure the room first,” talking about Classroom 109.
It is also revealed that there was another threat in the Uvalde area around 2:00 p.m., with a social media post alleging the shooter’s girlfriend was going to “finish the job.” This prompted law enforcement officials to spread out among the other UCISD schools to help support staff during dismissal. Because there was no command post, many employees worked on their own to find a way to be useful in the law enforcement response.“In the specific instance of the Robb Elementary School shooting, protocols for a mass casualty incident were not followed,” the report says. “The lack of command and control over the medical response following the breach also led to six victims being taken out of the building and to a school bus without being properly triaged.
“CBP officials should work with the U.S. Department of Justice and/or Congress to provide more expansive authorities that allow federal officers/agents to respond to acts of mass violence regardless of a nexus to a clear violation of federal law.”
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