Uvalde Schools’ Police Chief Resigns From City Council

Comes after heavy criticism over delayed police response to mass shooting at Robb Elementary

Pete Arredondo, chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (L), speaks at a press conference while Superintendent Hal Harrell looks on, following a mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Pete Arrendondo, currently the police chief of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, has quit his City Council seat.

In a resignation letter that the city government released on Saturday, Arrendondo, who has been under heavy criticism over his response to the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, said that he is quitting “to minimize further distractions” in Uvalde.