A CNN report identified former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Crimson Elizondo whose employment with the UCISD had parents fuming, given her role in the May 24 shooting response. The school system has fired her as of Thursday.
report identified a former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper whose employment with the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had parents fuming. Crimson Elizondo was identified as one of the first responding officers out of 91 within two minutes of the May 24 Robb Elementary mass shooting.What You Need To Know
Elizondo no longer works for DPS and is under internal investigation for her role in the response to the shooting, but was hired the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District over the summer Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez is calling for McCraw to honor his word that he’d resign if DPS was found to be to blameWe are deeply distressed by the information that was disclosed yesterday evening concerning one of our recently hired employees, Crimson Elizondo.
Regarding the remaining UCISD Police Department employees, we continue to make personnel decisions based on verifiable information. An independent investigation is underway to evaluate the actions of the current officers on May 24, 2022. Additionally, we are awaiting results of a management and organizational review of the UCISD Police Department that will aid the district in taking informed actions to further ensure the safety and security of our schools.
Post-events surrounding the massacre that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers have angered many in the community, city leaders calling the response as an “abject failure.” Uvalde pushed for consequences to follow as law enforcement agencies’ lack of initiative cost the lives of their children.
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