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(UVALDE, Texas) -- Uvalde, Texas, school district officials announced Monday that they have hired two new school district police officers, marking the first move to rebuild the district's police force -- five months after the entire force was suspended amid scrutiny over the police response to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School. "It's a
(UVALDE, Texas) -- Uvalde, Texas, school district officials announced Monday that they have hired two new school district police officers, marking the first mov
Alex Wong/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) -- Uvalde, Texas, school district officials announced Monday that they have hired two new school district police officers, marking the first move to rebuild the district's police force -- five months after the entire force was suspended amid scrutiny over the police response to the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School. "It's a pleasure to introduce our two new police officers," Interim Superintendent Gary Patterson said during a regular school board meeting. The officers are Melissa Castaneda, who worked for the police departmen...
Jesse Rizo, uncle of Robb Elementary victim Jackie Cazares, hopes Patterson is able to improve transparency with the community when it comes to making decisions.
District officers present during the May 24th shooting at Robb Elementary are no longer employed by the district. This comes after UCISD announced it would not move forward with an internal review of police actions.