To avoid litigation, the city also agreed to overhaul the Uvalde Police Department, including by implementing a new "fitness for duty" standard for officers, to be developed in coordination with the Justice Department, and by providing enhanced training ...

The $2 million settlement reflects the limit of Uvalde County's insurance policy. Pursuing more money would have sent the city into bankruptcy, the families said, "something that none of the families were interested in as they look for the community to heal."