The former Uvalde Police Department lieutenant Mariano Pargas' discharge status hearing has been abated pending an investigation.
– The less-than-honorable discharge hearing for a former Uvalde Police Department lieutenant has been delayed.“The City gave Mariano Pargas a general discharge designation when he resigned from the City due to the ongoing internal investigation into his conduct on May 24th.
“Mr. Pargas has appealed that designation and requested an honorable discharge. The City continues to fight that request. “The ongoing investigation into possible wrongdoing by Mr. Pargas continues, therefore, the City asked that the case be abated until the City can complete its investigation of Mr. Pargas’ actions the day of the incident.”
was the acting police chief for UPD in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary, where 21 people were killed.His exit came after it was revealed he knew children were in the classroom with the gunman but failed to act on or share that information.Per Texas Commission on Law Enforcement policy, when a member of law enforcement leaves an agency, an F-5 Report of Separation of Licensee is filed, and that officer will receive either an honorable, general, or dishonorable discharge status.
“Whenever an officer said, ‘I want to get a new discharge, a better discharge status,’ those cases would go uncontested, and by default, they would get the honorable discharge that they were asking for. So there’s something to be said for the fact that Uvalde PD in this case is actually contesting it,” Soberon said.successfully appealed his general discharge from the district police force after the district failed to respond in the required amount of time in February.
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