Arredondo's school police force comprised five of the officers there.

There were 25 city police officers and 16 from the county sheriff's office. Border Patrol and 91 from the state police department. The report revealed that most of the officers who responded to the incident were from state and federal forces, with 149 from U.S. National Counselors in Uvalde try to help the community heal Instead, Arredondo stayed inside the building. Uvalde school district's active shooter policy called for Arredondo to be the incident commander who would've been responsible for leaving the building in order to organize a response and to inform other officers that he was in charge. Previous official accounts of the shooting placed primary blame on the school district's Police Chief Pete Arredondo – who is on administrative leave and has since resigned from his position on the City Council - and other local police.Īfter arriving at the school, Arredondo fumbled around with and eventually abandoned his radio at the fence, the report stated, reasoning that one of the other sergeants was on the scene and was 'fully uniformed' with a radio, he testified to the committee.

The group of federal, state and local officials lacked any clear leadership, basic communication and enough urgency to take down the gunman, according to the committee. In all, 376 law enforcement officers arrived at a scene that was chaotic and uncoordinated, the report says. National Austin news outlets release the entire security camera footage from Uvalde shooting A lack of leadership despite a robust police presence

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