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Friday, June 24th, 2022

Uvalde school police chief placed on leave

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Source:     Associated Press / Politico
Publication Date:     06/22/2022 | 08:12 PM EDT
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Stephan:   Apparently the cowardly incompetence of Pedro Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde school police that ended with the murder of 17 children and two teachers has become such a seeping wound that even in the anocracy of Texas it has become clear something must be done. So, as this report describes, Arredondo has been put on administrative leave, paid leave I suspect. But will it go any further than that? I am simply amazed at how normalized mass murder has become in the United States, a trend of death and misery, and I don't like it at all. Can anything be done? Once again, it will all depend on how November's election comes out.
Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022. Credit: AP Photo / Dario Lopez-Mills

DALLAS — The Uvalde school district’s 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 students and two teachers dead.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear. In a statement, Harrell did not address Arredondo’s actions as on-site commander during the attack but said he didn’t know when details of multiple investigations into the law enforcement response to the slayings would be revealed.

“From the beginning of this horrible event, I shared that the district would wait until the investigation was complete before making personnel decisions,” Harrell said. “Because of the lack of clarity that remains and the unknown timing of when I […]

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