Pulse Massacre Response Receives High Marks In Department Report

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Despite some room for improvement, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement performed well in its response to the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in June of 2016, a new report finds.

Practices for identifying victims and notifying next of kin could be improved, according to the report.

The report released Friday is a self-review of the Florida Department's response to the massacre, although the Orlando Police Department was the primary responding agency. A separate review of the Orlando Police Department's response is still ongoing. (For more local news, subscribe to the Orlando Patch and receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

The Florida Department's report says in the rush to get to the scene, agents didn't bring common equipment.

It recommends having "go-bags" with equipment that agents can take for quick deployment.

Forty-nine people were killed last year in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The Orlando Sentinel first reported on the review.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press

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