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Officials Delay The Firing Of Uvalde School Police Chief

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

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Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting

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

‘We gotta get in there:’ Uvalde cop pushed to confront gunman but was told to wait

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.

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Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response

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

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Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response

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]

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Texas Department of Public Safety investigating how 91 of its troopers and Rangers responded to Uvalde school shooting

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.

Report, new footage show chaos of Uvalde response

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

Texas state police launch internal review of Uvalde response

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

Uvalde residents frustrated with officials over finger pointing, conflicting accounts and leaked video

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.

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Uvalde mayor: Police didn't get early chance to end massacre

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]

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Uvalde mayor says police didn't get an early chance to end the school massacre

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

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Uvalde mayor: Police didn’t get early chance to end massacre

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

Uvalde mayor: Police didn't get early chance to end massacre

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

Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo reportedly resigning from city council

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

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A “cloned” 18-wheeler made it easy for smugglers to pass through the border, say state officials vowing to crack down

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.

Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths

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. Abbott expands border security operations following immigrants’ deaths in San Antonio trailer tragedy

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.”

Watch live: Sister of a Uvalde shooting victim and others testify before Texas legislative committee

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.

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Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

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]

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Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo placed on administrative leave as public hearings, investigation continues

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.

'The gloves are off': Uvalde mayor accuses DPS Director Steve McCraw of lying about events surrounding shooting

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

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Texas Public Safety Head Calls Uvalde Police Response 'Abject Failure'

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

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Texas Public Safety Head Calls Uvalde Police Response 'Abject Failure'

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

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Texas Public Safety Head Calls Uvalde Police Response 'Abject Failure'

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

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Unlocked doors were ‘first line of defense’ at Uvalde school

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.

Texas top cop: Uvalde police could've ended rampage early on

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]

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Here’s how Pete Arredondo and other law enforcement differ on what happened during the Uvalde shooting

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.

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TIMELINE: DPS releases log of activity, conversations of police situated outside classroom where children, teachers were being massacred

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.

Police could have stopped Uvalde shooting within 3 minutes, a Texas official says – Houston Public Media

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.

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'Abject failure': DPS director Steve McCraw condemns Uvalde police response to shooting

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

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Texas DPS director calls police response to Uvalde massacre 'an abject failure'

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."

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Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says

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.

Texas cops could have stopped the Uvalde gunman within minutes, but the school police chief placed the 'lives of officers before the lives of children': DPS director

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.

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‘Abject failure’: Texas top cop testifies at state Senate hearing on police response to Uvalde school massacre

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.

Officers could have stopped Uvalde gunman three minutes after he entered school, Texas public safety chief testifies

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

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Officers could have stopped Uvalde gunman three minutes after he entered school, Texas public safety chief testifies

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

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Police could have stopped Uvalde shooting within 3 minutes, a Texas official says

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.

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Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an ‘abject failure’

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.

Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an ‘abject failure’

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.

Uvalde police had rifles, shield 19 minutes after gunman entered, reports say

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.

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‘If there’s kids in there, we need to go in’: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools — but not clear orders

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

Will We Ever Know the Truth About Uvalde?

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

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Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

"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.

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Uvalde picks up pieces as shifting accounts of attack trouble officials

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.

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Why Does the Official Story of the Uvalde School Killings Keep Changing?

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.

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Here's what experts say police should have done in the Uvalde school shooting

"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.

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DPS Director: It was ‘the wrong decision’ not to engage Uvalde shooter sooner – Houston Public Media

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.

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Onlookers Urged Police To Charge Into Texas School

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.

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Police response to Texas school shooting questioned

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.

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Gov. Abbott holds roundtable with law enforcement on how to keep communities safe

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

Texas-sized flex: Abbott to muscle-up border in response to Title 42’s pending demise

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.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discusses state’s border security efforts, Biden administration and elimination of Title 42

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

Judge loses trust in Texas’ child abuse investigation of foster care facility and calls for federal inquiry

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, you can receive confidential help by calling the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s 24/7 toll-free support line at 800-656-4673 or visiting[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Judge loses trust in Texas’ child abuse investigation of foster care facility and calls for federal inquiry

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.

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Texas Rangers confirm investigation into nude photos of children at Bastrop shelter but find “no evidence” of sex abuse

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.”

Touting ‘Operation Lone Star’ successes, Abbott announces program expansion

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.

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Touting ‘Operation Lone Star’ successes, Abbott announces program expansion

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.

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LIVE: Governor Abbott to deliver remarks at border security briefing

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

Surrounding sheriffs meet with Texas DPS

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

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Here’s what Texas Governor Greg Abbott said about shooting at Timberview High School

“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.

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Gov. Abbott, Florida Gov. DeSantis hold border security briefing in Del Rio

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.

Presidio sheriff met with Abbott to discuss border crisis – The Big Bend Sentinel

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.

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Governor Abbott to hold border security briefing with sheriffs from border communities

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.

Gov. Greg Abbott gives update on Operation Lone Star

Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference Thursday where he gave an update on Operation Lone Star, which was launched in early March to “help secure the border and combat the smuggling of people and drugs in Texas.” The operation now also includes anti-human trafficking efforts.

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