UVALDE, Texas — The Uvalde school board on Wednesday unanimously approved the hiring of an interim school district chief of police, Josh Gutierrez, to fill the gap left after the August ousting of the then-chief of police, Pete Arredondo.
"This is our first step in taking to rebuild our school district police force with baby steps, with very careful consideration of who comes into the department -- people with integrity and professionalism," said Uvalde Interim Superintendent Gary Patterson, during his first school board meeting in his new role.
Patterson said he has known Gutierrez for more than a decade and has worked with him in previous school districts. In addition to being a police officer, Gutierrez has served in several instructional and administrative roles in various Texas schools.
"My observation as an outsider is that many times we've seen this room filled with a lack of trust, anger and frustration," Patterson said at the start of the meeting."My hope is that we can all work to make that better."The board also unanimously approved a plan to build a new $50 million school two miles from the site of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, ensuring the demolition of the building where 21 lives were taken.
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