if the 911 operators were aware that children were alive in that classroom, why weren t officers notified of that. and if that s the case, why didn t anybody take action. that s the question. again, i ll go back to the answer for right now is that it was considered, okay, the decision was made on the scene. i wasn t there at the same point in time a decision was made this is a barricaded subject situation. there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. with the benefit of hindsight where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision period. there s no excuse for that. here s the reality. the police response, you heard him call it a wrong decision there. it s not even the standard practice in active shooting situation. it reflects an old way of doing things when it comes to mass shootings. most active shooter attacks end
12 advised there are multiple dead. 12:21 you could hear over the 911 call that three shots were fired at approximately 12:43 and 12:47 she asked 911 to please send the police now. lawrence: that baby died. texas tps said by 12:03, 19 officers were in the hallway outside the classroom but they didn t go in. so the question still remains why? did they know about the 911 calls? dps was asked about that today. the question is simply this. there was a 40 minute gap. the 911 operators were aware that children were alive in that classroom. why weren t officers notified of that and if that s the case, why didn t they take action. decision was made this was a barricaded subject situation. there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for tactical team with the equipment to go ahead
multiple times. one child begged the 911 operator, quote, please sed the police now. here s what the director of the texas department of public safety had to say about that fateful decision by police it there. it is simply this. there is a 40-minute gap and if the 911 operators were aware that children were alive in that classroom why weren t officers notified of that, and if that s the case why didn t they take action? that s the question. again, i ll go back to the answer for right now is that it was considered, okay, the decision was made on the scene. i wasn t there at the same point in time, the decision was made that this was a barricaded subject. a situation that there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. with the benefit of hindsight where i m sitting now, think it