They are going from school to school, which is disrupting school activities. We have a safety issue present today that wasn't as present in the last few days.

They tried to recruit some students from Dowling Middle School.

Officers are just as susceptible to forgetfulness and mistakes as everybody else.

We had a few leaders in the group and a couple of followers that did not, and were not interested in, going back to school.

We're trying to use discretion as much as we can ? recognizing people's right to free speech.

We were going to attempt to pin the vehicle in a particular parking lot. As officers were reporting to the scene as backup, the vehicle fled.

I suspect that the division commanders are aware of this. As your story breaks, I'm sure it'll bring some attention to it and they'll address it.