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Uvalde Police Chief Arredondo Fired [1]

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Date: 2022-08-24

Buh-bye

From The Washington Post:

UVALDE, Tex. — The Uvalde school board voted unanimously to fire Pedro “Pete” Arredondo on Wednesday, three months after the police chief was accused of bungling the response to the massacre that left 19 students and two teachers dead at Robb Elementary. The decision came after more than an hour of discussion behind closed doors and a written plea from Arredondo’s attorneys that he be reinstated. Community members have been calling for Arredondo’s firing since learning he delayed directing officers to confront the gunman — instead spending more than an hour requesting gear and trying to get a key to the room, which is believed to have been unlocked. The crowd erupted into applause when Arredondo’s firing was approved.

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x The Uvalde school board has voted unanimously to fire Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the embattled police chief accused of bungling the response to the massacre at Robb Elementary three months ago. @arelisrhdz reports:https://t.co/oeYH9MSgAi — Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 25, 2022

And not a moment too soon! Arredondo is largely responsible for the colossal failure of police during this horrific massacre of children - one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.

For one thing, he misread the situation as a “barricaded subject” instead of what it was — an active shooter. As a result, more than 400 officers on scene just sat around while children died. He also left his radios behind when responding to the incident, claiming they would have slowed him down. The lack of radios became his excuse for not knowing that children trapped with the shooter were calling 911.

He will not be missed.

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