The Uvalde school district in Texas announced this Friday the suspension of its entire police force after criticism for failures in the response to the massacre at Robb Elementary School on May 24, which killed 19 children. and two teachers, and the controversy over the hiring of a federal agent who was being investigated precisely for participating in that deployment.
"The district is committed to resolving the issues," the entity said in a statement.
The school district abruptly fired former state
trooper
Crimson Elizondo on Thursday after CNN reported that she had been hired despite being under investigation, like the rest of the nearly 100 state and local officers who participated in the response. failed shooting.
The school district apologized yesterday for "the pain" caused to the parents of victims and survivors by this news, "a slap in the face for this community," according to state senator Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde .
"As a result of recent events, Lieutenant Miguel Hernandez and [director of studies] Ken Mueller have been placed on administrative leave and the district has made the decision to suspend all Police Department activities," he said Friday in a statement. Press release.
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