Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar joined us on Leading SA Sunday to discuss the response to the shooting.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar joined Leading SA Sunday to discuss the law enforcement response of the deadly shooting that unfolded at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.– In the aftermath of the investigation into the deadly massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, there are a lot ofLeading SA“I mean, it’s a heartbreaking situation, no matter how you look at it. You know, I’m also the husband of a teacher. So this is, I’d be lying if I said this was always a real concern.
The sheriff added that he reviewed his process and procedures with his department not long after the shooting.“In fact, right after the shooting happened, a couple of hours later, we actually sent a reminder email to all my deputies to talk about our particular rules of engagement with regard to an active shooter situation. Priority number one, get in there. Stop the killing. In other words, neutralize that threat and then stop the dying. First aid, start administering lifesaving procedures.
“But I think it’s also incumbent upon the social media platforms to recognize their role in this and being able to detect these things earlier and do something about it, reporting it to law enforcement. We all know there’s a right to privacy. But also when you look at it this way, that this could have been an indicator had somebody said something, we could have averted this horrible tragedy just by somebody reporting that conduct,” Sheriff Salazar said.
The sheriff is not only the leader of a law enforcement agency, but he is also the spouse of a teacher and a father. “I think you go in. You go in. I don’t know what they base their belief on, if that’s the case, that they believe there was no children under active threat. I don’t know what they base that on, but I feel it was a lack of training maybe that contributed to this, maybe a bit of panic. You know, I’m just thinking, rural school district, maybe this wasn’t something they were fully expecting. I mean, who could absolutely expect this at all times? But you absolutely have to.
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