lives? reporter: ryan, in the report it does mention a few lines about why officer waited. it states they were waiting for the keys. they were waiting for more equipment. but let me take you through it because there are very telling details we did not know before reading this report. according to this report chief pete arredondo actually wrote the active shooter policy. he wrote in himself as the incident commander but, according to this report, he didn t take on that role on that ill-fated day. it says that he not only didn t take the role, he didn t transfer command of the scene to any other officer which, according to this report, could have been done in this case in this jurisdiction. now the report is much broader than this. it does not just point the finger at arredondo. it also says that there were hundreds of police officers who responded to the scene, and it points out those trained police officers then did not question that command. they didn t question that there
lives? reporter: ryan, in the report it does mention a few lines about why officer waited. it states they were waiting for the keys. they were waiting for more equipment. but let me take you through it because there are very telling details we did not know before reading this report. according to this report chief pete arredondo actually wrote the active shooter policy. he wrote in himself as the incident commander but, according to this report, he didn t take on that role on that ill-fated day. it says that he not only didn t take the role, he didn t transfer command of the scene to any other officer which, according to this report, could have been done in this case in this jurisdiction. now the report is much broader than this. it does not just point the finger at arredondo. it also says that there were hundreds of police officers who responded to the scene, and it
overall command. there was a lack of effective overall command that day. i am going to recognize my colleagues for some brief statements. and then we will answer the questions here today. representative moody? thank you, mr. chairman. i m joe moody, a democrat from el paso. i m a former prosecutor. i worked on issues like criminal law and mental health for my entire legislative career. and, most importantly, i m a father of three. and, sadly, i ve dealt with mass shootings before. in just two weeks, it ll be the third anniversary of the day a young man with a rifle murdered 23 people in el paso. after that, we all kept asking why. why did this happen to us. we re here today to provide some of those answers in uvalde. and while this information will never make up for the
law enforcement officers, ryan. this report is very damning for everyone across the board. there were so many systemic failures and collapse of command on that ill-fated day. this report goes into a lot of details, and i m sure were very difficult for the families of the victims to read. yes, and of course raises a lot more questions as well, rosa, questions we hope to get at least answered on some level when this press conference begins, not just members of the media we re told will be able to ask questions but members of the community as well. as soon as that begins we ll give it to you live. rosa flores, thank you for that report. we ll stand by for this press conference. when it begins we ll break in to bring it to you. in one easy appointment. pop rock music tech: .we can replace your windsdshield and recalilibrate your advanced safety system. > dad: looks great. thanks. tech: stay sasafe with safelite. schedule now. singers: s safelite repai, safelite replace.
points out those trained police officers then did not question that command. they didn t question that there was no incident commander, that there was no incident command post when in the policy that arredondo wrote it specifically states he wrote in there the administration office was going to be the incident command post but, of course, none of that happened, and hundreds of police officers responded to the scene and the training didn t kick in. that s what this report says, that it s a vast failure among various law enforcement agencies responding with hundreds of police officers responding and instead of actually acting on their training, what they did was sit and wait. i want to read from the report. it says at robb elementary law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their