Report Critiques Orlando Police Response To Pulse Nightclub Shooting

The police response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in 2016 followed protocol, but more training and better coordination are needed moving forward, according to a new 200-page review from the Justice Department and the Police Foundation. The deadly mass shooting at what was a popular space for the LGBT community in Orlando left 49 people dead and dozens of others injured. The report, which was requested by Orlando's police chief, concluded that the response by that city's police department was "consistent with national best practices and under extremely volatile and difficult circumstances." But there are areas where they could have done better, including coordination, organization and communication among first responders, as Brendan Byrne and Abe Aboraya, of member station WMFE, reported . There was also little communication ahead of the explosive breach that would lead to the end of the nearly three hour long standoff. Many perimeter officers were caught off guard and unprepared to