Uvalde superintendent says district to hire more police

[Nevilledog]

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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The superintendent of the Texas school district where 19 students and two teachers were fatally shot said Thursday that the district will hire more police officers in the fall but released no information about the investigation.

During a sometimes contentious news conference, Uvalde school district officials said they wouldn’t answer any questions about the investigation or personnel matters.

When Superintendent Hal Harrell was asked if he still trusts the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, he said, “that’s personnel.”

Critics have suggested that Arredondo, who was in charge of the law enforcement response during the May 24 attack at Robb Elementary School, waited too long before agents entered the locked classroom where the gunman was holed up and killed him.

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[msongs]

2. pathetic nt

[gratuitous]

3. 19 cops standing around weren't enough

Doesn't the town of Uvalde already spend 40% of their budget on the local constabulary?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Cops get more money when they fail. Great system, everybody!

[hibbing]

5. Of course and more military weapons n/t

[Grins]

6. "that's personnel"...?

Did he say THAT and not “personal”?

It was a simple question: do you trust the guy you hired?

[Brother Buzz]

7. And it should not add an additional nickel to the budget....

Once they cut the dead wood out of the police force.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. The police there need portable barbacue pits to roast marshmallows at future gunfire cookouts.

[onecaliberal]

9. More cops to stand outside and wait for a monster to kill people.

[dchill]

10. If they said they were going to hire OTHER police...

I'd be down with that. Because the current crop gotta go.

[dixiechiken1]

11. They don't need MORE police officers, they just need BETTER police officers.

[crickets]

12. 👆👆