Shooting in Uvalde: Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Says Police Response Was ‘Complete and Total Failure’

'The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun'

Sheriff Grady Judd and the Polk County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Polk Sheriff's Charities, Inc., hosted a morning of fishing fun for over 100 area youth on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the lake south of the Sheriff's Operation Center at 1891 Jim Keene Boulevard in Winter Haven, Florida. Courtesy of the Polk County Sheriff's Office

It has been nearly a month since the May 24 shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead.

In that time, scant information has been provided by law enforcement officials and what little that has been released is often in conflict with other information and sometimes statements that were issued only to be withdrawn just hours later. However, the outspoken sheriff of Polk County, Florida, is unequivocal in his opinion that “the police response was a complete and total failure.”