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All of the things that happened here, and understand that the decision points and the alternatives available. we had two objectives when we got there, and the first objective what has to happen to keep all of the students in the school safe. first and primary objective. once we got past that and the next objective is how to best handle it for the student, and have the outcome that we are hoping for. >> and sir, i have to disagree with you, because safety is not an issue, because if it were, the children in that school would have been evacuated and it was determined that it is a hoax situation,...

School. we've seen it across our country. we have to err on the side of caution. >> joining me now is irving police chief larry boyd. chief boyd, given a little bit of time to process all this, i imagine you're feeling amount of press increase and the like. do you have regrets how it is handle? >> i think we're in the process of examining everything that occurred. all the decision points. what we want to do. looking out for the safety of the students and the staff and the school that we're talking about here macarthur high school, and also about how do you make best decision for the student in...

We live in an age where you can't take things like that to school. we've seen it across our country. we have to err on the side of caution. >> joining me now is irving police chief larry boyd. chief boyd, given a little bit of time to process all this, i imagine you're feeling amount of press increase and the like. do you have regrets how it is handle? >> i think we're in the process of examining everything that occurred. all the decision points. what we want to do. looking out for the safety of the students and the staff and the school that we're talking about here macarthur high school, and ...

Handled and said race played no role in the incident. >> what would the police reaction and response been the same had this been a white student who brought that same exact device into the school? >> our reaction -- you've seen the image. our reaction would have been the same either way. that's a suspicious device. we live in an age where you can't take things like that to school. we've seen it across our country. we have to err on the side of caution. >> joining me now is irving police chief larry boyd. chief boyd, given a little bit of time to process all this, i imagine you're feeling amoun...

We've seen horrible news stories of things that happened in schools. saying yep we didn't get it right. i think it's hard for folks watching this from the outside seeing it link up. it seems like a tremendously poised, bright, genuine kid to be put through this. yeah, we didn't get this one right >>well, you know, i said as i started the interview the officers made the decision they did with the information they had with what they thought was right at the time. we're clearly going to review this. we want to look at ways we can enhance to have a better outcome. there's a lot of decision points ...