The state’s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw speaks during a press conference on Feb. 1. During a recent interview with USA TODAY, McCraw was asked why state troopers didn't take control over the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting. I wish we would have, he told the outlet., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
As the state’s top law enforcement agency faces increased scrutiny over its role in the botched police response to the mass school shooting in Uvalde in May, agency director Steve McCraw told USA Today he wishes state troopers had seized control of the operation., has largely blamed local police for failing to act promptly to stop the shooter.
Of the 376 officers who descended upon the school, 91 were state police. The state agency has taken a lead role in previous tragedies, including the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West and the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School.found that McCraw and DPS have largely avoided scrutiny and deflected blame over the agency’s response to the shooting, in part by controlling which records are released and shaping a narrative that has cast local police as incompetent.
first raised questions about the conflicting information officials had shared about the law enforcement response. McCraw has recently asserted that Escalon is not going to be fired and that Escalon’s actions that day were appropriate.In addition, McCraw told USA Today the agency’s first captain wasn’t on scene until 12:25 p.m., about an hour into the standoff.
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