Texas Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde, tore into law enforcement's delayed response to the Uvalde school shooting and questioned whether Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, was really the commanding…
Texas Democratic state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde, tore into law enforcement's delayed response to the Uvalde school shooting and questioned whether Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, was really the commanding officer at the time.
"And so, if he indeed doesn't have his radio ... how in the world are the other law enforcement agencies suggesting that man is the incident commander? None of this makes sense to me. And with all of that, little children might have died that could have been saved," he continued. Reports from law enforcement officials such as McCraw indicated that some 19 officers stood idly by outside the classroom and waited for over 45 minutes before entering. Gutierrez said he had been informed that between two and 13 officers were in that hallway.
"What I know is that the police department dispatch the calls, and they have a list of 17 different first responders that they dispatch those calls to, including the school district," he told CNN on Friday."If every one of those officers or those units are receiving those 911 calls, then I've got a very, very big concern, But unfortunately right now, you and I are not getting that information.
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