On Tuesday, Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) questioned PA State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher L. Paris on the Trump Rally shooting investigation during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing.
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00:00has to get to his committee so you're recognized for five minutes. Thank you Mr. Chairman can you
00:04pull the video back up please just for clarification that is the exact point where the shooter was
00:11positioned correct looking through that window in proximity to if you give a range fan if you
00:17was to expose yourself outside that window is that the shooter's position no and in relation
00:22to that video where is the shooter's position at just further on the left side and Mr. Parris
00:29there there we can you clarify something there were ESU agents internal to the building or in
00:35proximity to the building and in that location correct I don't know to that specific location
00:40but they were assigned to to the AGR building and once the call went out that you had a a bad actor
00:47in the agents in the building left their position to try to find that individual my understanding is
00:53he was on the ground moving around the perimeter and and they moved to actively aid in the search
00:58along with additional municipal officers does it make sense that ESU agents would be positioned
01:03inside the windows so they'd have a better vantage point out into where the x is where the asset is
01:08located could you ask that question again it makes sense to me that the ESU agents we would be
01:13positioned in these windows the windows that they're talking about in this building so they
01:16could better they could have better eyes on the asset the president instead of internal the
01:21building milling about is that a fair assessment I'm remiss because I don't know what the conversation
01:27was and what the responsibilities to land I think my concern is if we did have agents let's just
01:31speak hypothetically here if agents were positioned in these windows in order to provide cover I'm
01:36sorry protection for the asset and then they were they were released and then I'm assuming they work
01:41in pairs correct there's only two of them was there four of them in the building do we know
01:44the answer from my briefings there were two there were two but to me it would make sense that one
01:49would stay behind in order to cover the x or cover the asset and then one would engage in activity
01:56to find the actor that they were trying to identify correct I think my concern is we the
02:04individuals man may and and I hate to say this out loud but if we if we if we didn't do do justice
02:10and we left that asset exposed because both ESU agents went to look for a bad actor we just gave
02:18the shooter a bowling alley I don't know what their responsibilities and their rules of engagement
02:23were not having seen the secret service operations plan and I'm reluctant to speculate
02:28at this point 10 days out sir I would rely on the reviews yet to come when it comes to secret
02:34service tuck comms matrix here real quick when it comes to secret service and and the local law
02:38enforcement the state law enforcement we I understand that they are housed in the same
02:45is there a common communication channel and if so does each agent and each officer that's working
02:51the event have and I'm going to use old terminology do they have an avalanche call they have a no joy
02:56when they see something that's that raises the red flag can any officer radio in go no go we are not
03:04hold the asset in place we have somebody that we're looking for or and if that if they do or
03:10if they don't how many people does that have to go through to get to the right actor in order to say
03:14stop I don't know okay we need to figure that out because if I'm if I'm an ESU agent in this window
03:21and I have to radio a person who has a radio somebody who has radio somebody else to get to
03:25the to the main person then to call it where the dishes are done I'm aware of three radio systems
03:33in operation PSPs the secret service and Butler counties all communicating on different channels
03:39uh technically yes but the integration occurs I can only speak from PSP our integration occurs
03:45by us having somebody inside of the secret service command post again for an incident of this
03:50magnitude in theory the more people you have on the same channel if there was a medical emergency
03:55or lost six-year-old and everybody keys up at once it paralyzes your communication I understand that
04:02but if there's if there's one specific channel that you can go to to call an avalanche and say
04:07which is freeze the asset that I think that would be necessary now you mentioned something
04:12earlier you guys done about 20 20 events this year in Pennsylvania so and you spoke it's it's it's
04:17common now the and the military folks in this room are going to understand it's the first month of
04:22deployment and the last month of deployment are the most dangerous times to be in combat
04:27one because you get there the first month you have no idea what's going on and then you're there
04:31and you get common you get complacent and before you leave that last month
04:39situational awareness kind of dies down a bit and that's when bad things happen
04:42there's there's absolutely nothing common in protecting a president ever and I as we move
04:51forward I I don't want that to be a term that we use because common just got our president our
05:00former president shot and if these assets would have been on high alert and I'm not saying that
05:10they weren't but when things become common we get complacent I've instructed our commanders
05:18moving forward if there is any my expectation would be that through the collaboration and
05:23the planning of these events you want more people there you want people voicing issues and
05:28everybody operating on the same page in a unified command but I have instructed our commanders
05:34the ops plans get reviewed prior to this up through our deputy commissioner of operations
05:38lieutenant colonel pivens seated here behind me today but I through a result of as a result of
05:44this if there are any issues that our people see we are ordering them to flag them and we'll work
05:51collaboratively moving forward for the remainder of the season and moving forward thanks sir thank
05:56you mr chairman gentleman yields and uh our witnesses at any point