“The one way Arredondo can help the town in which he was raised is to step down,” writes MichaelDalynyc
desperately needing help when seconds could mean the difference between life and death.
If this former 911 operator turned chief was unaware of those calls, a quick check would have told him that kids were calling for help even as at least 19 cops under his immediate command stood outside the classroom door. He has so far sought only to save himself from added shame by taking down his Facebook page on which he proudly announced on March 22 that his department had “hosted ‘Active Shooter Training’ at the Uvalde High School.”
The Texas Department of Public Safety says Arredondo was the incident commander at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday and should have applied that essential principle. But he had still not given the order to move in an hour and 17 minutes after the killer entered classrooms 111 and 112. Meanwhile, a growing number of increasingly frantic parents gathered outside the school, held at bay by responding officers. One mother reportedly was handcuffed after insisting police do something.“At 11:32 AM this morning. there was a casualty incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas,” he began. “The school has children that are in second, third and fourth grade. I can confirm right now that we have several injuries, adults and students. And we do have some deaths.
The onetime 911 operator had actively sought to become chief and he had parlayed that into becoming a council member-elect, a testament to police-community relations such as many jurisdictions would envy. It was also proof of the respect he received from the citizenry as well as the four members of his department. He was content enough at 50 years old that the biggest concern he expressed on Facebook was a post saying “ISO good pool cleaner.
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