Uvalde CISD Police Division/Lisa Krantz/Reuters
Nonetheless entwined in controversy for his division’s botched response to the capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, faculty district police chief Pete Arredondo is looking it quits as a metropolis councilman.
Arredondo was positioned on administrative go away from his submit June 22, a day following state Senate testimony the place Division of Public Security Director Steve McCraw stated Arredondo’s officers may have intervened inside minutes of arriving to the college.
As an alternative, it took almost a dozen cops an excruciating 77 minutes to neutralize the capturing menace after they could have not even tried to open the door to the room the place youngsters had been trapped with the gunman.
Nineteen youngsters and two adults had been brutally killed on the faculty. Arredondo advised his model of occasions to the Texas Tribune in early June, defending officers’ delay in breaking into the classroom.
Arredondo was elected to the town council—the identical physique that has tried to seal data from the general public—simply weeks earlier than the capturing.
“After a lot consideration, I remorse to tell those that voted for me that I've determined to step down as a member of the town council for District 3,” Arredondo advised Uvalde Chief-Information. “The mayor, the town council, and the town workers should proceed to maneuver ahead with out distractions. I really feel that is the most effective determination for Uvalde.”
It’s unclear as of Saturday afternoon if Arredondo will even resign from his submit as the college district’s police chief as effectively.