'We Have Too Many Police Departments in This Country': CNN National Security Analyst Calls for Consolidation in Wake of Uvalde Report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : One key finding of the report was cataloging the nearly 400 officers who responded to the scene, from 20 separate agencies including Border Patrol, U.S. Marshals, Texas Department of Public Safety, Uvalde Police Department, and the Uvalde school district's police department.
44% : CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem voiced support for consolidating law enforcement agencies in rural areas on Sunday, in response to a report by a Texas House investigative committee that flagged multiple "systemic failures and egregious poor decision making" that led up to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead.
34% : Media outlets obtained a copy of the committee's interim report, which sharply criticized the botched response from law enforcement agencies and failure by the school to follow active shooter protocols and maintain door locking mechanisms.

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