Former Police Chief Pete Arredondo led the officers who responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The shooting killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24. Arredondo and the officers have been under severe scrutiny for waiting over an hour before breaching the classroom where the shooter was stationed with school children.
When a Texas law enforcement officer is fired for any reason, the agency will submit an F-5 employment termination report to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, labeling the discharge as dishonorable, general, or honorable."Less than honorable" can mean general or dishonorable. An officer can then appeal to the State Office of Administrative Hearings to upgrade their classification.
A"default" decision was reached in January, granting Arredondo an upgrade in his discharge classification and taking the blemish away from his record. It is unclear whether his status is now"honorable" or"general," as the filings are confidential, according to Shane Linkous, general counsel at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Almost 60% of discharge upgrades occur because of a default, meaning that the agency that filed the report, the Uvalde School District, did not show up to fight the appeal.
He didn't breach the classroom. A squad of feds did when it became apparent that UPD had no intention of doing anything!
he should be in prison for letting kids die
Just like Scott Isreal, he'll be head of a different department in short order.
Perhaps this group was ordered to stand down by outside entities?
And the massacre in Florida a few years back when the officer did not respond eventually won his full pension or reinstatement if I recall. Sucks
Won't help. People know his character.