The school district canceled the meeting at the request of Arredondo’s lawyer. A new date has not been set. Uvalde UvaldeMassacre uvaldePolice PeteArredondo Texas SanAntonio RobbElementaryschool
Uvalde CISD Superintendent Hal Harrell listens to members of the community during a school board meeting Monday. The school board said it has postponed a meeting to vote on whether to terminate district police Chief Pete Arredondo over the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24.
Blame for the fiercely criticized response to the massacre — during which law enforcement waited more than an hour to confront the shooter — has largely fallen on Arredondo, who leads the six-member school district police department. The district placed him on administrative leave roughly one month after the shooting. for not already firing Arredondo. They also criticized officials for what residents saw as a lack of urgency to improve campus safety.
Arredondo was listed in the district’s active-shooter plan as the commanding officer, but the consensus of those interviewed by the House committee was that Arredondo did not assume that role and no one else took over for him, which resulted in a chaotic response., Arredondo said he did not think he was the incident commander on the scene.
Training for active-shooter scenarios directs law enforcement responders to prioritize the lives of innocent victims over those of officers.
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