The City of Aurora conducted an action review of the emergency response to the Aurora theater shooting, which found a breakdown in police and fire communication resulted in a chaotic response to treating victims of the Aurora theater shooting.   The report into the July 20, 2012, shooting spree — which left 12 dead and 70 others injured — listed more than 80 recommendations but also lauded officials as acting admirably given the circumstances.

Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan said the city began implementing changes in the weeks after the shooting. Some of those include establishing procedures to unify command between police and fire. That has already happened with some recent exercises that have been conducted, he said.

“Every organization that has had to respond to an unprecedented tragedy of this magnitude knows there will be lessons to be learned, and we began making changes in programs and tactics two years ago, rather than waiting for this report to be issued,” Hogan said.

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