Uvalde classroom door could not be locked, police may not have checked, DPS director says. Watch ongoing testimony
The decision by police to hold back went against much of what law enforcement has learned in the past two decades since the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado that left 13 dead in 1999, McCraw said
The public safety chief outlined for the committee a series of missed opportunities, communication breakdowns and other mistakes, among them:Police and sheriff's radios did not work within the school; only the radios of Border Patrol agents on the scene worked inside the school, and even they did not work perfectly.
As for the amount of time that elapsed before officers entered the classroom, McCraw said:"In an active shooter environment, that's intolerable."
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