Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City Council
The Uvalde school districtโs police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Uvalde schools' police chief resigns from City Council
The Uvalde school districtโs police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Chief Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that he has decided to step down for the good of the city administration. The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward without distractions.
news.yahoo.comArredondo calls it quits on city
PeteArredondo Pete Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News on Friday that he is resigning from his seat on the Uvalde City Council. Arredondo, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police chief, was elected to the District 3 council position on May 7 and was sworn into the role on May 31, days after the May 24
uvaldeleadernews.comโNobodyโs giving us any answersโ: Uvalde families demand details of shooting investigation at City Council meeting
Uvaldeโs mayor said city officials could be prosecuted for releasing details of the investigation. Pete Arredondo, the City Council member and school district police chief, was absent for the second straight meeting.
UCISD sidelines Arredondo
PeteArredondo Pete Arredondo, the embattled chief of police for Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, was placed on administrative last week, per a UCISD press release issued shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday. While the school district did not say whether Arredondo would be paid while on leave, and specified there would be no further comment, administrative
uvaldeleadernews.comUvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting
DALLAS (AP) โ The Uvalde school districtโs police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 stude[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comUvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin on Tuesday accused state authorities of selectively releasing information about last monthโs school shooting to scapegoat local law enforcement and intentionally leaving ou[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comUvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response
The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.
Pete Arredondo denied leave of absence from city council job to cheers of the community after Uvalde victims' families rally against the embattled officer
The decision was made at a city council meeting where community members and victims' family members criticized Arredondo's response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
news.yahoo.comTexas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) โ Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have fou[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comHereโs how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting
New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo.
Takeaways from Texas DPS directorโs testimony about the Uvalde shooting, gunman and police response
McCraw on Tuesday gave much-asked-for revelations about the timeline, mistakes and missed opportunities. Specifically, he said Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief and on-site commander, made โterrible decisions.โ
Texas DPS leader says Uvalde police response an โabject failureโ
The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
Uvalde police had rifles, shield 19 minutes after gunman entered, reports say
The timeline from the Austin American-Statesman and Texas Tribune, which shows that officers had the resources necessary to intervene earlier to stop the shooting, raises new questions surrounding the response to the worst shooting at an American school in nearly a decade.
washingtonpost.comWATCH LIVE: DPS director testifies about Uvalde shooting before Texas Senate committee
UPDATE: Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw testified on Tuesday.
โIf thereโs kids in there, we need to go inโ: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools โ but not clear orders
The officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary wanted to get inside classrooms 111 and 112 โ immediately. Arredondo told the Tribune that he tried to open one door and another group of officers tried to open another, but that the door was reinforced and impenetrable. Officers had access to four ballistic shields inside the school during the standoff with the gunman, according to a law enforcement transcript. Officers believed that the shooter was contained, and Arredondo called the Uvalde Police Departmentโs dispatch on his cellphone. But Arredondo told the dispatcher that he didnโt have the firepower to confront the lone gunman, according to a transcript reviewed by The Texas Tribune.
mysanantonio.comMore reports cast doubt on police response to Uvalde school shooting
Among them: a newspaper saying several officers with heavy firepower were at the school within 19 minutes but waited in a hallway almost an hour. Separately, victims' families called for the firing of the schools' police chief.
cbsnews.comReport: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children.
Texas agencies fight releasing records that could help clarify response to Uvalde school shooting
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune have submitted about 70 requests to state and local agencies for emergency response documentation surrounding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Most likely wonโt be released publicly for months, if ever.
sacurrent.comGreg Abbottโs handwritten notes raise fresh questions over who 'misled' him about Uvalde shooting response
The nine pages of blue ink on white lined paper show how the governor prepared his remarks for a news conference May 25, the day after the shooting โ presumably based on information being given to him.
sacurrent.comGreg Abbottโs handwritten notes raise fresh questions over who โmisledโ him about Uvalde shooting response
The nine pages of blue ink on white lined paper, first published by the Houston television station KTRK, show how the governor prepared his remarks for a news conference May 25, the day after the shooting โ presumably based on information being given to him.
DPS disputes state senatorโs claim that troopers โwaited in hallwayโ of Uvalde school during shooting
The Texas Department of Public Safety said that reports of troopers waiting idly outside two adjoining classrooms at Uvaldeโs Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 21 people last month, are โinaccurate.โ
Arredondo: Robb response delayed by locked door
PeteArredondo After more than two weeks of silence since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24, Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo told The Texas Tribune that he and other officers wanted desperately to confront the shooter but were stymied by a locked and fortified door. As many as 19 officers, including
uvaldeleadernews.comUvalde's school district police chief said he intentionally left his radios behind when responding to the mass shooting because he thought they would slow him down
The police chief said he wasn't aware that children and teachers in the classroom were desperately calling 911 for help because he didn't have his radio with him.
news.yahoo.comFive takeaways from Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondoโs interview with The Texas Tribune
This week, Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo and his attorney granted an exclusive interview to The Texas Tribune to detail his version of what happened inside Robb Elementary School on May 24, when a shooter killed 21 people.
Waiting for keys, unable to break down doors: Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman
Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, he said he hadnโt spoken out sooner because he didnโt want to compound his hometownโs grief or point blame.
Uvalde CISD police chief knew of injuries in classrooms, still chose to delay officers, reports say
As shots rang out inside Robb Elementary, Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo delayed officers for over an hour to confront the gunman, even though he was aware that some inside were in urgent need of medical care, according to ABC News.
Report: Police knew of injured at Texas school while waiting
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) โ Police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the Texas elementary school where a gunman inside killed 19 children and two teachers, even as they became aware th[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comUvalde school police chief defends Texas shooting response
The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn't consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.
Arredondo not present for first city meeting
Julye Keeble|Leader-NewsCNN correspondent Shimon Prokupecz and numerous other media personnel from ABC, NBC and other affiliates line the second-floor meeting room of the Uvalde City Council at city hall. The reporters were there to cover an emergency meeting, held June 7 at noon to renew a local disaster declaration. The meeting turned into a press
uvaldeleadernews.comSchool police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
UVALDE (AP) โ The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did n[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comSchool police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a Uvalde City Council meeting, despite being newly elected to the panel.
Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting
UVALDE (AP) โ The state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Friday.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comPolice chief who led the response to the school shooting in Uvalde had no radio at the scene, reports say
The revelation is the latest to point to deficiencies and missteps in authoritiesโ response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. Police opted to wait for reinforcements and tactical gear, taking more than an hour to confront and take down the shooter.
Uvalde CISD police hosted active shooter training in March that urged โimmediate, decisive actionโ
The course included scenario training and informed officers taking part that in active shooter cases they โwill usually be required to place themselves in harmโs way and display uncommon acts of courage to save the innocent.โ
โLost opportunity to show resolveโ: Secret swearing-in of Uvalde CISD chief as councilman was legal, but expert says it sends the wrong message
The swearing in of Pete Arredondo and other recently elected Uvalde city council members Tuesday without a public ceremony was legal but sends the wrong message, an expert in local governance told KSAT on Wednesday.
Uvalde school police chief says heโs talking with authorities despite claims that heโs stopped cooperating
The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last weekโs deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, says heโs talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he has stopped cooperating.
Uvalde school police chief blamed for slow response to shooting is not responding to investigators, state police say
The Texas Department of Public Safety also has walked back a statement that a teacher had propped open a door used by the shooter to enter the school, saying instead that an automatic lock failed.