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Two months after the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Dallas ISD police, the Dallas Police Division and Dallas Fireplace-Rescue centered on finishing up a coordinated response to a faculty taking pictures.
DISD workers and members of all three companies went by way of active-shooter coaching Wednesday at Thomas A. Edison Center Studying Middle in West Dallas.
“This can be a nice day to undergo collaboration and cooperation with our companions to ensure that as we reply, we each perceive our roles and the expectations,” Fireplace Chief Dominique Artis stated at a information convention.
The coaching, which was performed largely by Dallas police SWAT officers, included classroom, bodily and tactical instruction.
“We will by no means cease and by no means practice sufficient,” stated Jerry Cockrell, DISD’s assistant chief of police.
DISD campus officers took half as a result of they’d usually be at a campus if one thing occurred, Cockrell stated.
For the reason that Might 24 taking pictures in Uvalde that killed 19 college students and two academics, a virtually 80-minute leaked video exhibits prolonged inaction by officers — together with a break for hand sanitizer, a fist bump and a hug between officers — as they waited for somebody to take command.
Shortly after the video’s launch, a particular Texas Home subcommittee issued a 77-page report detailing “systemic failures” and “egregious poor resolution making” by companies that descended on Robb after the taking pictures erupted.
Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia stated a coordinated response goes past coaching.
“It’s about mindset,” he stated.
Coaching courageous and brave officers is the division’s “essential precedence,” Garcia stated.
“The best way to realize extra bravery and braveness is by coaching and by guaranteeing you realize what you’re doing and ensure that in your coronary heart you realize, when the time comes, that you have to go in and save lives,” Garcia stated.
Garcia stated that officers have to mentally put together for such conditions, and that coaching will help.
“Each patrol officer that’s driving on their shifts, at the back of their minds, must always ask themselves, ‘If this occurs, what am I going to do?’” he stated. “We must be not solely bodily educated, however we must be mentally ready for a second the place we’re risking our lives.”
In Uvalde, 80 minutes elapsed between when the primary name to 911 was positioned and the second police confronted the shooter, in line with a timeline from Texas Division of Public Security Director Steve McCraw.
It was the deadliest faculty taking pictures in Texas historical past.
“After Columbine, we began to study that we may now not wait — that we have to go in and handle the menace,” Garcia stated, referring to the 1999 Colorado faculty taking pictures. “After which we began morphing into, ‘How can we get hearth and EMS to help us whereas officers are coping with threats?’”
The 2018 taking pictures at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Excessive Faculty in Parkland, Fla., was one other occasion of an officer ready to enter a college that was beneath assault. Seventeen folks have been killed in that incident.
After Uvalde, the Dallas Police Division up to date its insurance policies on energetic shooter conditions, Garcia stated.
“We’ll proceed this coaching, updating our insurance policies and get that out to the rank and file,” Garcia stated. “On the finish of the day, coaching is extremely essential as a result of it’ll give them confidence.”
Whereas police practice and plenty of Texans name for a police officer to be put in at each faculty after the slayings at Robb Elementary, knowledge exhibits that it’s typically not police who cease energetic shooters.
Researchers with the Superior Legislation Enforcement Fast Response Coaching Middle at Texas State College studied not less than 433 active-shooter assaults that occurred within the U.S. from 2000 to 2021. The middle studied incidents by which a number of shooters killed or tried to kill a number of unrelated folks in a populated place.
Over half of the shootings studied ended earlier than legislation enforcement arrived. In instances the place folks on the scene intervened, the gunman was subdued nearly all of the time. In about half of instances, the attackers dedicated suicide or fled.
Nonetheless, Garcia stated the coaching is essential for patrol officers as a result of they’re who will often be dispatched on active-shooter calls.
“It’s our patrol officers which are out on the street, which are coping with 911 calls, that can get this name,” Garcia stated. “And it’s [the training] ever extra essential for them to know and know in order that they’ve the arrogance to recollect what they raised their proper hand to do and go in and save lives as rapidly as potential.”
As the brand new faculty yr approaches, Cockrell, the Dallas ISD assistant police chief, stated officers shall be checking on campuses. He stated his division is evaluating police staffing ranges all through the district.
“We want officers to have it of their hearts to know that whatever the quantity of coaching they’ve, that we’re those which are supposed to save lots of lives,” Garcia stated. ”That’s the usual that we’re holding.”
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Dallas Fire-Rescue crews are searching for two people who were swept into a creek near Mountain Creek Lake.
Jason Evans, DFR spokesperson, said crews were called at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday after a 911 call reported someone was swept into the water near the 4500 block of Mountain Creek Parkway, Evans said.
Evans said reports indicate one person was swept into the creek while a second person jumped into the creek to save them before being swept away themself.
DFR, Dallas police and game wardens are investigating, Evans said.
Any team that is coached by Mike Tomlin is going to be ready to play on any given Sunday. Such was the case for the 2023 Steelers who finished 10-7 and made it to the playoffs once again. Tomlin has never had a losing season during his tenure in Pittsburgh and the team has built a reputation for being a tough, well-coached football team under his watch.
Fast forward to 2024 and this Steelers team looks vastly different but under Mike Tomlin it will still be a disciplined football team who should be respected.
2023 Record: 10-7
Last Meeting: 11/8/2020 Steelers win, 24-19. Dallas Cowboys lead series 17-16-0
Head Coach: Mike Tomlin (176-101-2 as a head coach)
Key Additions: QB Justin Fields, QB Russell Wilson, LB Patrick Queen
Key Departures: QB Kenny Pickett, WR Diontae Jackson, WR Allen Robinson II
What more can you say about T.J. Watt that hasn’t already been said about the playmaker? Watt may be the most feared pass rusher in the game today and the Cowboys better have a plan for how to stop him on Sunday.
With a rookie left tackle in Tyler Guyton, and Terrence Steele at right tackle who has been known to be shaky at times, figuring out how to limit Watt and his impact will be key to the team’s success.
Watt has the ability to completely change the momentum of a game and if the Cowboys don’t come prepared, he’s going to be a game-wrecker once again. Whether it’s by keeping a running back in or chipping him with a tight end, the Cowboys are going to have to maneuver their offense around where Watt is in order to limit his impact.
With the shakiness that is the Dallas Cowboys secondary George Pickens has a chance to make a massive impact on Sunday night. The Cowboys are battling injury issues at corner so they will be undermanned even if it is just DaRon Bland who misses the game.
Pickens, a dynamic pass catcher out of Georgia, is rounding into form as one of the games best receivers. Trevon Diggs will travel some, but Mike Zimmer doesn’t ask him to do it all the time, setting up a situation where Pickens can find a favorable matchup against other cornerbacks the Cowboys trot out there.
Last week he went off for over 100 yards receiving. If the Cowboys aren’t careful and don’t have a plan for it, they could see Pickens do something like that once again.
Below you’ll find the top performances in rushing, receiving and passing from Dallas-area Texas high school football players in Week 6.
Player, School, Yards
Legend Bey, North Forney, 234
Jaylon Woods, Mansfield Timberview, 220
Ben Ebeke, W.T. White, 204
Brendon Haygood, Sachse, 200
Cam Newton, Prosper Walnut Grove, 188
Chance Culley, Plano, 185
Lamar Leggins, Birdville, 180
Travis Agee, Plano East, 177
Hudson Eidem, Frisco Lebanon Trail, 173
Patrick Crayton Jr., Hebron, 172
Denzel Okekeuche, Frisco Heritage, 157
Micah Rivers, Northwest Eaton, 151
Player, School, Yards
Sawyer Borgarello, Frisco, 170
Brian Kent, Birdville, 158
Lathon Latiolais, Prosper, 158
Jett Hamby, Richardson Pearce, 148
Brock Boyd, Southlake Carroll, 144
Khristian Mackintrush, McKinney, 140
Lovell Neal, W.T. White. 137
Mark Hicks, Birdville, 136
Andrew Casagrande, Richardson Pearce, 135
Parker Ord, Frisco Panther Creek, 134
Dameon Crowe, Richardson, 132
McKenzie West, Frisco Independence, 132
Player, School, Yards
Presley Harper, Richardson Pearce, 468
Zach Wells , Birdville, 452
Jeremiah Daoud, McKinney, 421
Braeden Imhoff, Prosper, 415
Hayes Hackney, Prosper Walnut Grove, 379
Maguire Gasperson, Argyle, 376
Drew Kates, Richland, 357
Jayden Maples, Frisco Wakeland, 333
Cobyn Harbert, Frisco, 333
Noah Spinks, Flower Mound, 331
Axel Lofstrand, Carrollton Newman Smith, 321
Kendrick Sanders, Garland Lakeview Centennial, 286
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