Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at an elementary school.
PUBLISHED 10:21 AM CDT Jul. 20, 2022UVALDE, Texas — Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at an elementary school that killed two teachers and 19 students.The school board in Uvalde, Texas, on Saturday will consider firing Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arrendondo.
School officials have previously resisted calls to fire Arrendondo. The recommendation additionally comes following a meeting of school board members in which those officials were blasted by the public over a lack of transparency and for failing to hold Arrendondo accountableThe city’s school board will consider firing schools police Chief Pete Arrendondo at a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent's recommendation.
Confronted with parents' vociferous demands to fire Arrendondo and warnings that his job would be next, Superintendent Hal Harrell said Monday that the police chief was a contract employee who could not be fired at will. The agenda for Saturday's meeting includes the board discussing the potential firing with its lawyer.
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