Representative Val Demings (D-Fla.) said on CBS Face the Nation Sunday that he wanted a “comprehensive and thorough investigation” of the local and federal response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The partial transcript is as follows:
BRENNAN: I’m going to ask you this answer in Texas because, in addition to the shooting, there is an investigation into what the police did in their response that day. You know, the school official tasked with protecting these children after the Parkland massacre was accused of negligence for his inaction. Given what we’ve learned about what happened in Texas, should we trust it?
DEMINGS: Well, we need to ask for a thorough and thorough investigation. Margaret, before Columbine, I was in law enforcement. After Columbine, I served in law enforcement. Before Columbine, we intervened in an active sniper situation, secured the perimeter, and then waited for crisis negotiators and a SWAT team. I worked as a crisis negotiator for 12 years. We all know that after Columbine there is no time to waste, that the officers on the scene are expected to fire loudly. We trained at the Orlando Police Department, and every sworn member, including the chief of police, has gone through active shooting training. So obviously it didn’t happen. Another important thing is that we know that more information is needed in the first minutes after the hunt, but the information we have given is especially when we say that the SRO ie school resource officer is coming, and in fact, the suspect received and bullets and/or bullets are being fired and this is not true, your messages should be as clear and as clear as possible. We need to make sure it’s correct. There’s a lot of work out there. We certainly have more questions than answers, and I know we can tackle them.
BRENNAN: Should there be some kind of federal investigation or some kind of school gun safety council at the federal level, or should it all be the responsibility of the Texas State Police?
DEMINGS: What we do know is that there are several institutions involved. Personally, I think the wrong agency is responsible for this scene. But let me tell you that I am not yet in the world. As we have seen time and time again, I know the police work hard in these high fire situations. Most of the time they are unarmed. We know this. But Margaret, we have to demand an investigation, and I believe the FBI, that is, the federal investigation, will be my voice. But I think it’s important that we know what the role of each agency is, as there are so many agencies involved in the field. It’s important for us to know if there was a discussion at the entrance, 19 offices that said it was in the hallway, was it discussed among other commanders from other divisions? We must know the answers to these questions. And I think a federal investigation is really needed.
BRENNAN: Let me just ask, are you satisfied with the scope of President Biden’s executive order on police reform this week?
DEMINGS: Well, I definitely consider it my duty to jump in and see, we know police departments are of different sizes, some have 35,000 anime and some only have 10 anime. So the level of education they receive is different, but the duty to intervene includes training in de-escalation, the use of force, making the public aware of the crime – or not the crime – although in some cases misbehavior can happen. judicial. opportunities. I think this is a good start. But Margaret, they were just there. Also, I think we need to train for law enforcement everywhere, and we should standardize the training so that smaller agencies can train as well as larger agencies.
Source: Breitbart
