{"id":1537417,"date":"2022-07-03T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T18:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537417"},"modified":"2022-07-03T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T18:34:44","slug":"uvalde-school-district-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uvalde-school-district-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Uvalde School District Police Chief Resigns From City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuvalde-school-district-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1537417&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/uvalde\">Uvalde<\/a> School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo has resigned from his position on the city council following widespread criticism over law enforcement\u2019s handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Arrendondo\u2019s resignation was first announced by the Uvalde Leader-News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAfter much consideration, I regret to inform those who voted for me that I have decided to step down as a member of the city council for District 3. The mayor, the city council, and the city staff must continue to move forward without distractions. I feel this is the best decision for Uvalde,\u201d Arredondo <a href=\"https:\/\/dig.abclocal.go.com\/wls\/documents\/2022\/070222-wls-Pete-Arredondo-pdf.pdf\">said<\/a> in a resignation letter dated July 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs we continue to grieve over the tragedy that occurred on May 24th, we pray for the families involved and our community. Uvalde has a rich history of loving and supporting thy neighbor and we must continue to do so. In speaking with other communities that have had similar tragedies, the guidance has been the same\u2026 continue to support the families, continue to support our community, and definitely, to keep our faith,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Arrendondo also focused on the Uvalde community, emphasizing moving forward following the recent tragedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs I think about my life, from growing up as a child and to adulthood, Uvalde has held an attraction that is very unique.\u00a0\u00a0At the center of that attraction, is our community members. Together, we will keep Uvalde strong. Uvalde strong, Uvalde home,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The police chief had led a team of six officers responsible for the safety of Uvalde\u2019s school students. Arrendondo has been blamed for making the decision for officers to wait for backup rather than entering the classroom to engage the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the wrong decision. Period. There\u2019s no excuse for that,\u201d Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw said\u00a0following the shooting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/07\/02\/uvlade-city-council-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Uvalde law enforcement leader has sought to clarify his actions concerning the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArredondo has tried to defend his actions, telling the Texas Tribune that he didn\u2019t consider himself the commander in charge of operations and that he assumed someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/02\/uvalde-schools-police-chief-resigns-from-city-council-00043865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Politico. \u201cHe said he didn\u2019t have his police and campus radios but that he used his cellphone to call for tactical gear, a sniper and the classroom keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arredondo had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uvalde-school-district-police-chief-placed-on-leave-as-investigation-into-shooting-continues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a> been placed on administrative leave over his response to the May 24 mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers. District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that Lt. Mike Hernandez would assume Arredondo\u2019s role temporarily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/22\/us\/uvalde-texas-elementary-school-shooting-officials-wednesday\/index.html\">according<\/a>\u00a0to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the lack of clarity that remains and the unknown timing of when I will receive the results of the investigations, I have made the decision to place Chief Arredondo on administrative leave effective on this date,\u201d Harrell said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The superintendent said he initially wanted to wait for the investigation into the Robb Elementary mass shooting to conclude before making personnel decisions, explaining that he was \u201cstill without details of the investigations being conducted by various agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo has resigned from his position on the city council following widespread criticism over law enforcement\u2019s handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Arrendondo\u2019s resignation was first announced by the Uvalde Leader-News. \u201cAfter much consideration, I regret to inform those who voted for me that I have &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1537446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1537417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1537417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1537417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1537417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1537417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1537417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}