Police officials and law enforcement experts say no matter how much training they have, there’s no guarantee that officers will follow their training and confront a shooter at the crucial moment.
Law enforcement officers in Uvalde have faced widespread criticism for waiting to confront a shooter in Robb Elementary School last month. Police in some other Texas cities say their officers receive mass-shooter training, but there’s no guarantee that officers will respond correctly at the crucial moment., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Police departments across Texas now find themselves trying to reassure communities that their officers are prepared to handle mass shooters — and reminding officers of their training. Since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado left 12 students and a teacher dead, active-shooter training instructs officers to immediately confront shooters, even if an officer is alone at the scene.
. Guerrero said he hopes his officers would remember their training in the moment — but he’s not sure they would. The point of active-shooter training is “to increase the probability that you perform well during a crisis,” Blair said, adding that the more training an officer has, the better prepared they will be to face down a rampaging gunman.
Although ALERRT offers free active-shooter training to officers from anywhere in the country, many smaller departments don’t have the resources to continually train for active shooters the way big urban departments can, said Jimmy Perdue, head of the Texas Police Chiefs Association.
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