STEVE MCCRAW

The firing of Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school police chief, was postponed for a second time due to a scheduling conflict.

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

A Texas state trooper told Sgt. Eduardo Canales that "DPS is sending people" after Canales implored officers to engage with the Uvalde shooter without delay.

"... I can't help but wonder if they just didn't find our children worthy of being...

UVALDE (AP) — Two months after the Uvalde school massacre, Texas state police on Monday announced an internal review into the actions of dozens of troopers who were at Robb Elementary during 73 minute[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The department’s officers made up nearly one-fourth of the 376 law enforcement members who responded to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Announcement of the inquiry came one day after a report criticized police response to the massacre.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre.

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

AUSTIN (AP) — The mayor of Uvalde on Friday disputed a new report that alleges authorities missed chances to quickly end the massacre at a Texas elementary school, again reflecting the lack of definit[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.

The mayor of Uvalde is disputing a new report alleging missed chances to quickly end a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

The mayor of Uvalde is disputing a new report alleging missed chances to quickly end a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

Arredondo, the police chief for the Uvalde school district, will reportedly resign from his position on the city council.

A federal agency estimates that about 75 trucks are reported nationally each year with copied or stolen state and federal ID numbers, which industry experts say is likely a significant undercount.

DPS said the checkpoints won’t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time.

Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference Wednesday to provide an update on the state’s ongoing response to what he calls a “growing border crisis.”

A joint committee of the Texas legislature is meeting to examine strategies to prevent acts of violence after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin on Tuesday accused state authorities of selectively releasing information about last month’s school shooting to scapegoat local law enforcement and intentionally leaving ou[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Uvalde school district police chief, Pete Arredondo, has been placed on administrative leave Wednesday as public hearings and the investigation into the May 24 school massacre continues.

Mayor Don McLaughlin alleged that the state's top cop continues to 'lie, leak, or...

Texas top cop testified before lawmakers and said the Uvalde police chief's response "set our profession back a decade."

Texas top cop testified before lawmakers and said the Uvalde police chief's response "set our profession back a decade."

Texas top cop testified before lawmakers and said the Uvalde police chief's response "set our profession back a decade."

The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have fou[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo.

The Texas Department of Public Safety released a timeline of events leading up to, and during, the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The log of events shows that officers - with rifles - stood and waited in the school hallway for nearly an hour while the gunman carried out the May 24 attack.

Instead, it took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school to when they breached the door and ended the standoff with the gunman.

McCraw said the door to the classroom was likely never locked and believes Uvalde...

In a rebuke of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Tuesday there was compelling evidence that it was "an abject failure." In scathing remarks at a state Senate committee hearing, McCraw said the on-scene commander "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children."

McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children in school shooting.

The top police official said there was a hallway full of officers ready to confront the shooter, but the district police chief waited for backup.

The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.

Delays in the law enforcement response have been the focus of federal, state and local investigations of the mass shooting.

Delays in the law enforcement response have been the focus of federal, state and local investigations of the mass shooting.

Instead, it took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school to when they breached the door and ended the standoff with the gunman.

The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.

The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.

The timeline from the Austin American-Statesman and Texas Tribune, which shows that officers had the resources necessary to intervene earlier to stop the shooting, raises new questions surrounding the response to the worst shooting at an American school in nearly a decade.

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy.

Texas authorities bungled the facts about the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School. Then they went silent.

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

Muñoz criticized the Texas Department of Public Safety for its shifting accounts of what occurred at the school on Tuesday, but he cautioned against making too many conclusions. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, said, “We’re all angry. He confirmed that officers waited for nearly an hour in a hallway outside the locked classroom, where authorities say Salvador Rolando Ramos was shooting children and killing their teachers. The president heads to Uvalde on Sunday to meet the families of the victims. AdvertisementHere in Uvalde, a seemingly endless schedule of funerals has been released, beginning Tuesday and stretching for nearly two weeks.

The state’s account of how law enforcement responded to the massacre at Robb Elementary School has shifted as it’s been contradicted by witnesses and video.

"It'd be great if you had some help — but I can assure you those kids need help more than you need help," says Steve Ijames, who trains police agencies on active-shooter situations.

Texas of Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said a commander on the scene at the elementary school in Uvalde chose not to engage the shooter because it was believed children were no longer at risk.

An official said the Border Patrol agents had trouble breaching the classroom door and had to get a staff member to open the room with a key.

Frustrated onlookers say officers didn't enter the school quickly enough but authorities praised the courage of those who went inside and said they did so as soon as circumstances allowed.

Governor Greg Abbott is holding a roundtable in San Antonio to discuss law enforcement issues and ways the state can keep communities safe.

As part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s continuing border security campaign, he signed two letters Wednesday afternoon in Weslaco directing state employees to conduct safety inspections on inbound Mexican traffic and to use state funding for bussing migrants from border cities to D.C., though local leaders and advocates question the benefit to the Rio Grande Valley.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference on the state’s border security efforts on Wednesday.

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U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said she is seeking a federal criminal investigation into allegations that children were sexually abused and trafficked at The Refuge, a state-licensed foster care shelter for victims of sex trafficking.

An attorney representing foster care children in a suit against Texas said Department of Public Safety director Steve McCraw’s conclusion that there was no evidence of sexual abuse despite the investigation into the photos was “both surprising and extremely troubling.”

Operation Lone Star, the controversial border security initiative implemented by Gov. Greg Abbott last year in response to a historic increase in migrant crossings at the Texas-Mexico border, is expanding into counties far from the banks of the Rio Grande.

Operation Lone Star, the controversial border security initiative implemented by Gov. Greg Abbott last year in response to a historic increase in migrant crossings at the Texas-Mexico border, is expanding into counties far from the banks of the Rio Grande.

Gov. Greg Abbott is set to discuss border security on Thursday.

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office welcomed seven sheriffs from the surrounding counties...

“We grieve for everyone who has been harmed or impacted by this in any way whatsoever. And we as state, working with the local communities, will do everything possible to ensure that the shooter is swiftly and effectively prosecuted,” Gov. Abbott said.

Governor Greg Abbott will host Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida for a border security briefing with state and local officials and law enforcement on Saturday, July 17 in Del Rio.

AUSTIN – Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez traveled to Austin over the weekend alongside 11 other border sheriffs for another border security briefing held by Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the State Capitol.

Governor Greg Abbott will hold a border security briefing with sheriffs from border communities at 12 p.m. Saturday at the Texas State Capitol. The Governor will be joined by Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Adjutant General of Texas Tracy Norris, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw.