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OFFICER. TALK ABOUT THAT. WORKING TOGETHER AMONG AGENCIES, NO MATTER WHERE THIS HAPPENS. WELL, THAT’S ONE OF THE BIG PIECES THAT MAKES THE THE RESPONSE SUCCESSFUL IS THAT YOU HAVE THE INTERAGENCY COOPERATION, YOU HAVE INTERAGENCY TRAINING THAT BEGINS MONTHS AND YEARS BEFORE WHERE YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS. IT’S A IT’S A SAD SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR. UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU’RE NOT READY AND IF YOU’RE NOT PLANNING, UM, YOU’RE BEHIND BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE TODAY AND WHAT WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS THAT NO COMMUNITY IS IMMUNE TO THIS, UM, AND, UH, THAT YOU HAVE YOU DEPEND ON THAT RESPONSE FROM THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TRAINED WITH ALL THE AGENCIES HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA. IT’S IT’S REPLICATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND THERE’S A VERY STRICT SCRIPT THAT YOU FOLLOW SO THAT YOU EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU’RE DOING WHEN YOU GET THERE. RIGHT? WE’RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS AND LIKE YOU SAID, SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR BUT NEVER WANT TO BE IN THIS SITUATION. BUT, SERGEANT PARIZEK, CAN YOU CONFIRM OR TELL US HOW MUCH OF A ROLE DES MOINES POLICE IS PLAYING IN THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW? WE REACHED OUT RIGHT AWAY AND OFFERED WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, SO WE DON’T HAVE RIGHT NOW AN ACTUAL LIST OF THAT I’VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE. I’M GOING TO DO THAT. UM, WE’RE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED, JUST AS THEY’VE BEEN THERE FOR US IN THE PAST. AND THAT’S THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF SOMETIMES GETS OVERLOOKED IS THE, UM. IS THE THE PIECE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT PARENTS THAT ARE FIRST RESPONDERS AND YOU HAVE, UM, UH, FRIENDS OF THESE KIDS, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL COMMUNITIES. SO THERE’S A THERE’S A RESPONSE THAT IS BOTH HEAD AND HEART. AND WE CAN GUARANTEE TO YOU THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, PROBABLY THE SWIFTEST RESPONSE THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE, JUST LIKE YOU’VE SEEN IT WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR COMMUNITIES. PAUL, WE KNOW THAT THE THE WORK TOGETHER IS SO IMPORTANT ON THIS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT A KEY PART TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS EVERYBODY YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN IS WALKING AND LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THE POLICE, THE PARENTS WANT ANSWERS. THE STUDENTS WANT ANSWERS, THE NEIGHBORS WANT ANSWERS. AT THE SAME TIME, TALK ABOUT A LAW ENFORCEMENT ANGLE OF WANTING TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS QUICKLY, AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE YOU HAVE YOUR DUCKS IN THE ROW SO PEOPLE AREN’T UNNECESSARILY WORRIED. THAT IS. THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR A POLICE OFFICER IN A POSITION LIKE YOURS OR THE OFFICERS UP THERE ON THE GROUND. ISN’T IT? YEAH, IT’S A HUGE CHALLENGE. AND ALEX NAILED IT WHEN SHE% SAID, YOU DON’T WANT TO FACILITATE THE SPREADING OF FALSE INFORMATION OR RUMORS AND, AND IT’S IT’S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST THAT THINGS THAT YOU LEARN. RIGHT? RIGHT. IN THE MOMENT, YOU SOMETIMES FIND MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT LATER OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU SAW OR SOMEBODY SAID THEY SAW. SOMETHING ISN’T EXACTLY, UM, AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF IT. THEY MAY RECALL THAT THAT, UH, EXCUSE ME, THEY MAY RECALL SEEING SOMETHING. AND THAT WAS THEIR PERCEPTION, BUT THERE MIGHT BE A PIECE THAT THEY MISSED ALONG THE WAY. SO THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO BE HUGE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS ASK EVERYBODY TO BE PATIENT. WE WANT TO TEND TO FAMILIES FIRST. AND THE VICTIMS FIRST, AND THEN WE’LL START GOING FROM THERE. THERE IS A PROTOCOL. THERE IS A PROCEDURE. AND BEING CAREFUL WITH INFORMATION. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOLERS, THIS IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL CARL EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THEIR FIRST DAY BACK, A SHOOTING AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS. SO BEING CAREFUL AND UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING AND WITH THE POWER OF OUR TEAM AND OUR EYES ON THE GROUND AND THE VIDEO THAT YOU ARE SEEING LIVE RIGHT NOW, ALL THAT COMES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SERGEANT PARIZEK, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THIS IN REAL TIME. IT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN TWO HOURS SINCE THIS HAPPENED, WHICH IS STILL VERY EARLY IN AN INVESTIGATION. YEAH. AND IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE DEVELOPING AND THEY’RE GOING TO MOVE FAST. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TASK IN FRONT OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS, THEIR FIRST IS TO GO IN THERE, TAKE CARE OF THE SHOOTER. IF IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, GET THOSE VICTIMS HELP, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON’T HAVE, UH, MAYBE AN UNKNOWN CARTERSVILLE THERE THAT WAS HAS BEEN ONGOING. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROCESS. SO YOU’RE CUTTING OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE IF POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT AGENCIES PRACTICE WORK TOGETHER. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A SITUATION WE PLAYED OUT SCENE PLAY OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND EVERY SITUATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THAT BEING SAID, ONCE YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE SITUATIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE IN UVALDE, TEXAS, OR OUT IN CONNECTICUT OR DOWN IN FLORIDA, WHEREVER THE SITUATION IS, OR UNFORTUNATELY, HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA, THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED EACH TIME WE TALK ABOUT THAT SHARING OF INFORMATION IN THE AFTERMATH AND HOW THAT GOES TO PERFECTING AND GETTING A RESPONSE BETTER. WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNFOLDS. BECAUSE NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS HAPPENING TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU PRACTICE THIS, YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO KNOW HOW TO RESPOND ON EVERY SHIFT IN EVERY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF COLUMBINE IN AND, UH, UH, IN COLORADO WAS THAT WE NEEDED WE IMMEDIATELY LEARNED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR RESPONSE. WE CAN’T GO TO A SCENE, SECURE IT AND WAIT FOR THE SWAT TEAM. YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERY ONE OF YOUR, UM, INITIAL FIRST RESPONDE