Eventually they will be ordered to release the video, at which point we will learn that much of it is missing, from multiple officers and from the school's cameras simultaneously. We will be expected to believe that officers weren't wearing cameras, or cameras were turned off, or a computer error lost the footage.

> Are your training manuals and materials as closely guarded of a secret?

It seems not: https://www.tcole.texas.gov/sites/default/files/CourseCMU/Ac...

I've seen some of them passed around. They're not secret as far as I can tell.

They pretty obviously are just embarassed by their failure.

There's an outside chance it's even worse than what we know now - maybe they killed a kid or two, or did something otherwise more shameful than expected.

I mean, they kinda-sorta already did...

>“When the cops came, the cop said: ‘Yell if you need help!’ And one of the persons in my class said ‘help.’ The guy overheard and he came in and shot her,” the boy said. “The cop barged into that classroom. The guy shot at the cop. And the cops started shooting.” The police got a student killed, according to the survivor’s story.

https://www.vox.com/2022/5/27/23143997/the-uvalde-police-kee...

"Other parents were pinned to the ground, pepper sprayed, or tasered, said Gomez, who said she managed to run into the school and save her child after convincing the officers to uncuff her."

Seriously... WTF! If only they showed the same balls when dealing with the gunman.

Yeah, the _best_ attempt at devils advocate I could give them would be that it should be secret just how crappy they are at following their own training/guidance. That's basically complete bullshit though, that's no reason for secrecy.

> maybe they killed a kid or two

This is my sneaking suspicion.

It's actually more along the lines of counter-intelligence. You have printed manuals and materials that get leaked so the attackers study those tactics. Then, during the attack, there is total confusion when the police do not react as thought by those training materials. The upper hand now resides with the police /s