Category: Pete Arredondo

Kobe Bryant’s Widow Awarded $16M Over Leaked Crash Photos; Uvalde School District Police Chief Fired | NTD Good Morning

Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16-Million dollars by a jury on Wednesday. The lawsuit was over leaked photos of the helicopter crash site where her husband and daughter died. Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo. The embattled police chief didn’t show up at Wednesday’s meeting. President Biden announced his student…


Uvalde School Board Votes Unanimously to Fire School Police Chief Pete Arredondo

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District school board voted unanimously on Wednesday to terminate the employment of the district’s Police Chief Pete Arredondo, three months after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary school in Texas. The vote came as Arredondo, who was one of the first responders on the scene, faced mounting criticism over his response to the mass shooting…


Uvalde School District Police Chief’s Termination Hearing Postponed Again Over ‘Scheduling Conflict’

A school board meeting that will determine whether Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo’s employment will be terminated was delayed for the second time on Wednesday over “a scheduling conflict,” officials confirmed. The hearing was set to be held Thursday having already been rescheduled from the original date of July 23. According to Anne Marie Espinoza, executive…


Special Uvalde School Board Meeting to Discuss Firing School Police Chief Canceled

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) on Friday canceled a special board meeting that was scheduled to discuss whether to terminate the employment of the school district’s police chief. The meeting was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday but was canceled at the request of Arredondo’s attorney, the school board said in a statement….


Uvalde School Police Chief Fails to Appear at 1st City Council Meeting Since Being Sworn In

The school district police chief who has faced criticism over his delay in ordering law enforcement to breach the classroom where a gunman fatally shot students at Robb Elementary School, did not appear at a city council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being sworn in on May 31. Police Chief Pete Arredondo is facing growing public criticism and…


No Action Taken Against Uvalde Schools Police Chief at 1st Meeting Since Mass Shooting

UVALDE, Texas—The school police chief who made the decision not to immediately breach the classroom where a man with a gun was fatally shooting students was not punished on June 3 during the first meeting of the Uvalde, Texas, school district’s board of trustees since the May 24 shooting. The board decided not to act against…


No Action Taken Against Uvalde School Police Chief at First Meeting Since Mass Shooting

UVALDE, Texas—The school police chief who made the decision not to immediately breach the classroom where a man with a gun was killing students was not punished on June 3 during a meeting of the Uvalde school district’s board of trustees. The board made the decision not to act against Pete Arredondo, the district’s police chief,…


Uvalde Police Chief Had No Radio During School Mass Shooting: Official

The commander facing criticism for a slow police response during last week’s mass shooting at a school in Texas wasn’t carrying a radio when the massacre was taking place, said a state senator. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez told The Associated Press that a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official informed him that school Chief Pete Arredondo…


Police Chief Didn’t Know About 911 Calls: Texas State Senator

The Uvalde school district police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was not informed of panicked 911 calls from people at the May 24 Robb Elementary shooting scene that killed 19 students and two adults, a Texas senator said on Thursday. In a June 2 press conference, Sen. Roland Gutierrez revealed that emergency calls from students and…