Police waiting outside the Texas classroom where 19 children and two staff members were shot dead had been told during training that they would prioritize the lives of others, or leave if they were not prepared to do so. .
Officers had undergone numerous “active shooter” exercises, most recently two months ago, in which they were ordered to face an attacker immediately, even if it meant acting alone and being killed.
“The first to respond to the active shooter scene will normally have to put themselves in danger and show unusual acts of bravery to save the innocent,” said a training document used by police in Uvalde, Texas.
Convention of the National Rifle Association
“A first who is not willing to put the lives of the innocent above his own should consider another