Reports Analyzing the Police Response to a Mass Shooting Can Leave Unanswered Questions -- if They're Released at All: Even if an after-action investigation is released, a lack of national standards leads to wide variability in the detail of information in reports, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE found

The article discusses the lack of national standards and variability in after-action reports analyzing the police response to mass shootings. It highlights the case of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, where body camera footage revealed a key misstep by a veteran police officer that was not mentioned in the after-action report. The article emphasizes the need for transparency and accountability in these reports, as well as the importance of learning from past mistakes. It also mentions the lack of a national organization or agency to set standards for law enforcement's response to mass shootings. [Extracted from the article]

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