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Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde schools get $442,000 from John Cornyn’s federal gun safety law

The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.

The Texas Tribune

Police captain ‘tried to delay’ officers entering classroom during Uvalde school massacre, audio reveals

Official now under investigation for delayed response

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Uvalde school officials approve terms of superintendent’s retirement without publicly disclosing them

The school board also named Gary Patterson as the interim superintendent, but didn’t say when he would start or Harrell would depart.

The Texas Tribune

After Uvalde, states look to new digital maps to keep schools safe

In the wake of the devastating shooting in Uvalde, Texas, one of the latest tragedies in a decadeslong surge of violence in schools, some state lawmakers are embracing a bipartisan measure that skirts divisive gun debates: school maps and blueprints.

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Harry and Meghan's foundation builds playground 'to honour lives lost' in mass shooting

The Archwell Foundation joined forces with other charities to launch the DeLeon project to "provide a sense of hope" after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May

Daily Mirror

Clown inundated with QAnon-inspired threats after going to Uvalde to help shooting victims

‘I’m afraid that what happens if one day I go somewhere and I’m subject to abuse’

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Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform after Uvalde is hardly surprising. Until you look at Parkland

As a Republican governor of a historically red state, who is both notoriously cosy with the NRA and in the midst of an election cycle, Abbott’s inaction may come as little surprise. Except that it has been done before, Rachel Sharp writes

The Independent UK

Uvalde school superintendent retires as victims’ families demand accountability

Relatives describe grief and commitment to continue fighting for justice at school board hearing

The Guardian - US

Uvalde school chief plans to retire after community outrage

Uvalde’s school district superintendent has announced he plans to resign by the end of the academic year

The Independent UK

Uvalde Superintendent Hal Harrell says he will retire

Uvalde schools Superintendent Hal Harrell announced his retirement in a Facebook post on Sunday night, just two days after the school district in Texas suspended its entire police force.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde superintendent retires, becoming latest local official to leave post after school shooting

Hal Harrell said his decision to leave the district after 31 years in education was “not made lightly and was made after much prayer and discernment.”

The Texas Tribune

Spurs practice, fair brings a bit of joy to Uvalde, Texas

The smallest gesture can have a huge impact

The Independent UK

Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department; superintendent to retire

DALLAS — The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced Friday that it is suspending all activities of its Police Department, a move that comes a day after the district fired an officer who — then working as a state trooper — had been one of the first Department of Public…

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Uvalde suspends school police force

“We are confident that staff and student safety will not be compromised during this transition," the district says

Al Jazeera

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force amid anger

Move comes as families continue to demand answers over the police’s handling of May school shooting that left 21 dead.

WEKU

Uvalde school district suspends its police department as shooting probe report nears

The Texas school district said it's suspending its police department, citing "recent developments." An investigation is looking into the police response to the Robb Elementary shooting in May.

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Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department

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The Independent UK

Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage

Uvalde school leaders have pulled its embattled campus police force off the job four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting

The Independent UK

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force in wake of shooting

It comes after police chief Pete Arredondo was fired in August

Reuters

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after May shooting

The school district in Uvalde, Texas, suspended its entire police force on Friday, pending the outcome of a probe following the mass shooting in May that killed 19 students and two teachers, the district said in a statement.

Daily Mirror

Entire school district police force suspended over failed response to Uvalde mass shooting

Salvador Ramos, 18, went on a bloody rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after first shooting his own grandmother at a house on May 24

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde school district suspends its entire police department, and superintendent announces retirement plans

All of the department’s activities were suspended for an unspecified period of time, and two employees were placed on administrative leave after it was revealed this week that one of the first state troopers to respond to the deadly school shooting in May was later hired as a district police…

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After Uvalde CISD hires former trooper, lawmaker and parents call for DPS chief to resign

The Texas state senator who represents Uvalde, alongside the parents of the children killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting, are calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s director to resign following reports a former trooper who responded to the massacre was hired as a school district police officer.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

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