This article on the Castillo shooting contains the following passage from Wharton County Sheriff Jess Howell:

Howell added that in addition to providing a Texas Ranger for the investigation, the Department of Public Safety also sent in one of their critical incident teams, specially trained counselors.

“If any one involved needs to talk to someone about what happened the incident team is there for them,” Howell said. “Back when I started in law enforcement 30 years ago we didn’t have anything like this. We didn’t abandon our people but we’d suggest they go to their clergyman or someone similar to talk to about what they were feeling. We didn’t just tell them to ‘suck it up.’ And while that was effective, the incident team is trained to address these kinds of issues. It is a definite improvement.”

Golly. That’s great that they’re looking out for the emotional well-being of the officers who shot and killed the kid.

But what, I wonder, are they doing for the kid’s family?

Hint:

Daniel Castillo Sr. said no one with the district attorney’s office or police department has talked to him since the shooting.

Oh.

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