The officers who stopped an active shooter at a Nashville elementary school this week did exactly what they were supposed to do. That's according to at least 2 veteran police chiefs in Salt Lake County who viewed body camera video.
NASHVILLE — The officers who stopped an active shooter at a Nashville elementary school on Monday did exactly what they were supposed to do.
Chris Burbank, vice president of law enforcement strategy for the Center for Policing Equity and former chief of the Salt Lake City Police Department, says "without a doubt," the quick actions of the officers in Tennessee saved lives. After the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, law enforcement agencies across the nation were trained on forming emergency action teams. The first three to four officers who arrive at the scene of an active shooter form a team whose goal is to essentially "go to where the problem is," Burbank said.
The hurried nature of an emergency team puts officers in a little more danger than a normal standoff situation, he said. Adding: "That's what has to be done."
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