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hamsterjill

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2. My concern is that the UCID police chief is getting the blame

Reply to gulliver (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2022, 11:12 AM

May 2022

Hear me out, please. If it was him, then he needs to lose his job at a minimum. Probably anyway. But he is the character in all of this with the least ability to defend himself. So it would be easy to blame him.

I think you are asking legitimate questions and I think we still don’t have the full picture. Having lived in Texas all of my life and 25 of those years in Uvalde County, I cannot imagine a school police officer taking command when a city police officer, a county police officer and certainly a Border Patrol agent or DPS trooper being on site. It’s just a hierarchy and DPS is the top in THAT order - always!

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And who put the cops in the situation where they made "the wrong decision?" [View all] gulliver May 2022 OP

Aren't cops supposed to use good judgment? PJMcK May 2022 #1

Looks like your questions are good questions gulliver May 2022 #12

My concern is that the UCID police chief is getting the blame hamsterjill May 2022 #2

Hubby says the UCID PC had the legal right, but obviously used poor judgement LeftInTX May 2022 #18

I just don't want him scapegoated if there is more to this story. hamsterjill May 2022 #20

Was there a leader in charge? dlk May 2022 #3

That seems very key to me gulliver May 2022 #14

Everyone was just n charge, so no one was in charge... dlk May 2022 #17

The first wrong decision was to wait. 2naSalit May 2022 #4

A 2005 SCOTUS decision said that police Ritabert May 2022 #10

Anybody who believes that cops are supposed to protect and serve. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #5

Officers are suppose to take command. pwb May 2022 #6

Let's not forget the guns are the problem wryter2000 May 2022 #7

I see it as both. 2naSalit May 2022 #11

Definitely. Focus. gulliver May 2022 #15

Who has been 'hiding' on this? empedocles May 2022 #8

It would seem that there were a group of order takers there NoMoreRepugs May 2022 #9

That seems a great point to me gulliver May 2022 #16

The city probably has some kind of emergency response procedure set up Ocelot II May 2022 #13

City just held active shooter training in March that covered "stop the killing" and "stop the dying" MrsCoffee May 2022 #22

They may need military style training to expect to take heavy losses Kaleva May 2022 #19

It takes the focus off the guns treestar May 2022 #21