Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from city council

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Pete Arredondo, the regulation enforcement official state police stated was most liable for a flawed response to the Uvalde elementary faculty capturing in May, has resigned from the Uvalde City Council.

Arredondo, the chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police division, had been elected to the council just a few weeks earlier than the May 24 capturing that killed 19 kids and two academics. He took the oath of workplace in secret and has not attended any of the council conferences since.

The Uvalde Leader-News reported Arredondo’s resignation, which The Texas Tribune was unable to instantly verify.

“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 city council for District 3. The mayor, the city council, and the city employees should proceed to maneuver ahead with out distractions. I really feel that is one of the best determination for Uvalde,” Arredondo instructed the newspaper.

The faculty district positioned Arredondo on administrative go away June 22, the day after Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told a state Senate committee that police officers beneath the command of Arredondo may have ended the capturing inside minutes of arriving, however inexplicably determined not to take action.

In a lengthy interview with The Texas Tribune in early June, Arredondo maintained he was not the incident commander and by no means ordered officers to face down.

Whether Arredondo intends to resign as the college district police chief is unclear. Neither his lawyer nor a college district spokeswoman instantly responded to requests for remark.

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