On Monday, December 12, a Commissioner Court Meeting was held in Uvalde County, Texas where new facts came to the fore about Sheriff Ruben Nolasco
As per the local aide, the top official of Uvalde County, where gunman Salvador Ramos, who killed 19 elementary school students and 2 teachers in May, this year, still hasn’t completed active shooter training.
Sheriff Ruben Nolasco, has come under fire for lack of leadership during the Robb Elementary massacre.
Know Who Is Ruben Nolasco Uvalde County Texas Sheriff Who Responded To Salvador Ramos Shooting Without Training
DEVELOPING: New Uvalde report shows lack of active shooter training in Sheriffs Office.
Review reveals that the Sheriff of Uvalde County, Ruben Nolasco, was not trained in active shooter situations before May 24th.
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According to the consultant, Ruben is one of those 3 officers who have not completed the training to date.
As of now, only 20% of the 15 officers in the Uvalde County Sheriff’s office had completed the training on how to handle an active shooter situation.
As per a report by KAGS TV, an investigator, Richard W Carter, who claimed that he was only hired to investigate the operations of the Sheriff’s office and not the actions of the deputies have now come forward as he revealed that Ruben was one of those who didn’t receive active-shooter training.
During the meeting, in a statement Carter revealed to the reporters that, “He has not taken the course that his officers, all but three of his officers have. He plans to do that in the immediate future.”
For those who are unaware, let us tell you, Ruben was one of those 376 cops who came to help kids and teachers during the tragic incident.
Ruben had the rank as well as the opportunity to easily take action and charge as he was informed about the shooter after receiving a call about victims in the classroom.
Despite even being regarded as an informed commander, he wasn’t able to do much as he chose to stay at a different crime scene which was already under control.
As per a report by CNN, the Sheriff failed to take any action in the situation after arriving at the scene of the crisis. He didn’t even respond to the girls who were crying for help for their injured classmates and teachers.
Over the last 6 months, several investigations were held to reveal that law enforcement missed several opportunities to intervene when the gunman entered the classroom.
Aside from Ruben, another former officer, Mariano Pargas, also came under fire when it was revealed that he knew some kids were still alive inside the school but he did nothing.
Instead, he added tension to the meeting. Many people came forward as they asked him to resign as he attended the Court’s first meeting since being re-elected last month.
Among these persons, was one Jesse Rizo, the include of a victim, Jackie Cazares, who challenged Mariano in the meeting.
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