I personally think a few members of the police should eat their service revolvers. How do they live with themselves? They stood down for 45 minutes while children were calling 911 for help! What the fuck were they thinking? Words fail.I don't give the officers in the hallway a pass at all. The department's own written doctrine is clear and that is to make entry. Even with one officer on scene. How any officer can sit in that hallway, geared up, while children are bleeding out is beyond me. To me that's just a convenient excuse. Cowards. What they needed to find was courage.
"The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery."
They all should resign. Every last one.