Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw also told CNN he would fire anyone who didn’t do their job. The top Texas DPS official said he would resign if his agency shared blame for the slow response to Uvalde. Law enforcement who responded to the May shooting waited more than an hour to arrest the gunman, according to reports.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he will resign if his agency is found to be at fault for the delayed response during the Uvalde school shooting, CNN reported. McCraw also vowed to fire anyone in his department who didn’t do their job during the Uvalde school shooting, A gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School on May 24. Police officers from several departments waited for more than an hour before shooting the gunman who had barricaded himself inside a classroom. “Despite the immediate presence of local law enforcement chiefs, there was an unacceptably long period of time before officers entered the classroom, subdued the intruder, and began rescue efforts. We do not know at this time whether responders could have saved more lives by reducing this delay,” said a July interim report by the Texas Commission of Inquiry into the shooting. McCraw told CNN that “no one gets a pass” and said he would review the actions of the more than 90 DPS officers who responded to the shooting. However, his comments came after he made controversial comments at a meeting of Texas Highway Patrol captains last month, CNN reported. “And by the way, nobody’s losing their jobs. Instead, all the leaders in District 3 did what they had to do and stepped up to meet the moment,” McCraw said, according to minutes obtained by CNN. . McCraw told CNN he was only referring to a DPS regional director. Read the original article on Insider
