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Uvalde Schools Police Chief Fired by School Board

After a nearly 90-minute termination hearing held behind closed doors Wednesday evening, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's board voted unanimously to terminate Arredondo's contract effective immediately.

FL Sheriff Equips School Deputies with Carbines, More Tactical Uniforms

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said having the school resource deputies carry the carbines means they will not have to go to their vehicles to get their rifles if an attack should occur.

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NC Sheriff Equips SROs with Rifles

"The reason we put the breaching tools in the safes is that in the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won't have to wait on the fire department to get there," Sheriff Harwood said.

TX Media Releases Surveillance Video Showing Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting

The 77-minute video obtained by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE shows the hallway during the attack.

TX Chiefs Tell State Legislators How to Protect Schools

Recommendations include strengthening background checks, raising the minimum age to purchase a military-style rifle, and making it a state crime to complete straw purchases, or the purchasing of a firearm on behalf of an individual knowingly unfit to obtain one.

Editorial: Courage Under Fire

May’s active shooter attacks could have been even worse if a retired officer and Border Patrol agents had not taken decisive action against the gunmen.

TX DPS Head Calls Uvalde Police Response an “Abject Failure”

"I don't care if you have on flip-flops and Bermuda shorts, you go in," Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said in testimony at a state Senate hearing.

City of Uvalde Blocking Release of Police Records of School Shooting

The city and its police department are arguing against the release of the requested records, citing the following reasons: the city is being sued, some individuals' criminal history records could include "highly embarrassing information"; some of the information could reveal police "methods, techniques, and strategies for preventing and predicting crime..."

Report: Uvalde Police Never Tried to Open Classroom Door

Surveillance video seems to show that the first time anyone tried to breach the doorway was when they had received the keys, more than an hour after the shooting began.

TX School Police Chiefs Hold First Conference Since Uvalde Massacre

Most officers attending the conference waved off questions about their reactions to the Uvalde shooting and instead wanted to talk about why they were in San Antonio this week.

Uvalde School Chief Says He Was Not Incident Commander, Explains Why He Chose Not to Take His Radios

“I didn’t issue any orders,” Arredondo says. “I called for assistance and asked for an extraction tool to open the door.”

Commander at Uvalde Shooting Reportedly Did Not Know About 911 Calls from Victims

Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-District 19), whose district includes Uvalde, said the calls with pleas for help from children inside Robb Elementary School as the shooting was taking place on May 24 were not shared with the Uvalde CISD Chief of Police Pete Arredondo.

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