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Texas school cops get standardized¹ active shooter training. It didn't work in Uvalde

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School police officers are trained in best practices for stopping an active shooter. The law requires it, and there's money to pay for it. And yet, that training seems to have failed in Uvalde, Texas.

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How might the Uvalde shooting have turned out differently if police followed their training? Some state legislators think the police did not. Officers waited to confront an attacker even as children in a classroom called 911. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE³: This kind of school security breakdown⁴ was not supposed to happen - at least the Texas Legislature took steps to avoid it. Jon Rosenthal is a state representative from the Houston area.

JON ROSENTHAL: They received money from us. They received appropriation⁵ from the state - specifically for training, for equipment, for updating the school's security.

KASTE: And Rosenthal added legislation requiring school police to take standardized active shooter training, which emphasizes confronting the shooter as quickly as possible. Uvalde school district police took that course in March.

ROSENTHAL: Oh, dear Lord. So they literally⁶ just did this, and it clearly was not effective training.

KASTE: Though he wonders whether the problem was the training or the people taking it. With investigations⁷ ongoing⁸, the department isn't sharing some key details with the public. One question is gear - did Uvalde school police have door breaching⁹ tools so they wouldn't have to wait for a key? Solomon Cook is president of the Texas School District Police Chiefs' Association.

SOLOMON COOK: There is no law or mandate¹⁰ on what tools or what devices that they may have.

KASTE: Cook says his school police department in Humble¹¹, Texas, has such tools, though he prefers not to disclose where they're kept.

COOK: I'll just say this - it's available for the officer, OK?

KASTE: Another question - did the chief of Uvalde school police, Pete Arredondo, know about the 911 calls from the inside? The New York Times reports that he didn't have his radio with him, though there's no indication that other officers didn't have theirs. It's also been asserted that the 911 information was broadcast only to Uvalde city police. But again, it's not clear why that would matter, since school police departments in Texas typically can hear city police radio channels. Uvalde officials have not responded to questions about how radio dispatch works here. But as of right now, there still isn't a complete explanation for why Chief Arredondo would be in the dark about those 911 calls.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Good evening.

KASTE: On Friday evening, the Uvalde School Board held its first meeting since the shootings. The trustees opened with a prayer, then took turns naming the victims.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Jayce Luevanos and Tess Mata.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Ellie Garcia, Uziyah Garcia...

KASTE: The board did not discuss the performance of the district's police department, nor the actions of Chief Arredondo, who's stayed silent and mostly out of sight since the shooting. The board went into closed session, then came out and read the names of the victims one more time before adjourning¹², which angered parent Jo Mills.

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JO MILLS: All he keeps talking about is bringing up these kids' names.

KASTE: With the meeting over, Jo Mills had to vent¹³ her frustrations¹⁴ in the direction of the TV cameras.

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MILLS: I got told on Thursday that we're going to speak about our safety and guidelines. Nothing happened. Nobody showed up. Nobody spoke¹⁵ about nothing.

KASTE: Another mother there, who had just come from a funeral, said she expects more parents will be at the next board meeting to ask why all the security preparations by the district and the state weren't enough.

Martin Kaste, NPR News, Uvalde, Texas.

1 standardized   

adj.标准化的

参考例句：

• We use standardized tests to measure scholastic achievement. 我们用标准化考试来衡量学生的学业成绩。
• The parts of an automobile are standardized. 汽车零件是标准化了的。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

5 appropriation   

n.拨款，批准支出

参考例句：

• Our government made an appropriation for the project.我们的政府为那个工程拨出一笔款项。
• The council could note an annual appropriation for this service.议会可以为这项服务表决给他一笔常年经费。

6 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

7 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

8 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

9 breaching   

攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
• Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。

10 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

11 humble   

adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低

参考例句：

• In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
• Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

12 adjourning   

（使）休会， （使）休庭( adjourn的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Before adjourning, councillors must stop procrastinating and revisit this controversial issue. 在休会之前，参议员必须停止拖延，重新讨论这个引起争议的问题。
• They decided upon adjourning the session. 他们决定休会。

13 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

14 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

15 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。