DPS fires one of its first officers at scene of Uvalde mass shooting Juan Maldonado - Steve Mccraw HEAD TOPICS
DPS fires one of its first officers at scene of Uvalde mass shooting
10/22/2022 4:27:00 PM DPS fires one of its first officers at scene of Uvalde mass shooting
Juan Maldonado Steve Mccraw
Source San Antonio Express-News
DPS fires one of its first officers at scene of Uvalde mass shooting Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado was suspended with pay over his... Gutierrez has criticized DPS Director Steve McCraw,who initially blamed local police for the disastrous response, but admitted in mid-September that “we have some level of culpability.” McCraw also has said he wishes DPS officers had seized control of the response, and that he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the faulty police response to the shooting. “Sadly, this is DPS reacting to public pressure,” Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat whose senate district includes Uvalde, said in a statement, referring to Maldonado’s firing. “It’s obvious that they controlled the lion's share of the scene and should have been in greater control. Read more:
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Uvalde_CISD kimrubio21 TxDPS UvaldePoliceCowards RobbElementary …………………………………………………………………E-mail the people in charge mayoruvaldetx.gov sheriffuvaldecounty.com cityhalluvaldetx.gov district1uvaldetx.gov Texas state police fire first officer over Uvalde responseThe Texas Department of Public Safety has fired an officer who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May Texas state police fire 1st officer over Uvalde responseThe Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May. Maldonado could not be reached for comment.03:10 TEXAS (CBSDFW.October 18, 2022 The driver, identified only as a resident of Austin, Texas, failed to stop when the trooper first engaged the suspected smuggling operation.cites a new audio recording of Capt. Gutierrez has criticized DPS Director Steve McCraw, who initially blamed local police for the disastrous response , but admitted in mid-September that “we have some level of culpability.” McCraw also has said he wishes DPS officers had seized control of the response, and that he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the faulty police response to the shooting. 21 shows Republican Governor Greg Abbott with an 11-percentage point lead over Democrat Beto O'Rourke, 54% to 43%. “Sadly, this is DPS reacting to public pressure,” Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat whose senate district includes Uvalde, said in a statement, referring to Maldonado’s firing. As the trooper rounds the curve, the vehicle is seen upside down in the river. “It’s obvious that they controlled the lion's share of the scene and should have been in greater control. Governor Dan Patrick leads Democrat Mike Collier by 15-percentage points, 51% to 36%, and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has a 14-percentage point lead over Democrat Rochelle Garza, 51% to 37%. “Clearly, one person at DPS could have called the shots to send in a team immediately — that one person is Director Steve McCraw,” Gutierrez said. He told investigators he arrived at Robb Elementary School around 12:45 p. “Director McCraw failed those children directly then proceeded to lie about the DPS response. Joshua Blank, research director for the Texas Politics Project said Friday,"It feels like a pretty normal Texas election in a lot of ways given the fact that, and part of that is to say, it's not as though we're seeing dramatic shifts in the electorate that would make you think this is going to be something different or off the trend line or unusual. One person is seen emerging from the rear of the upside-down vehicle.” Maldonado arrived within four minutes of the gunman firing more than 100 rounds shortly after entering the school at 11:30 a.m. Dallas County's Republican Party Chair, Jennifer Stoddard Hajdu said Friday they have campaigned hard on the issues voters are most concerned about.. Olivarez reports one migrant, identified only as a 28-year-old Guatemalan national, died in the crash. Maldonado is seen on police body-camera footage outside an entrance to the school as Uvalde Police Sgt. Blank said,"I think ultimately the national storyline has won out over the local storyline. The team that’s gonna breach needs to stand by,” Betancourt said to his team at 12:48 p. Eduardo Canales, a commander of the city’s SWAT team, stumbled outside. Canales, his ear grazed by a bullet fired by the gunman, told Maldonado: “Dude, we got to get in there." After the U. Olivarez also reported the driver to be in possession of methamphetamine.” “DPS is sending people,” Maldonado replied. Maldonado took one of his closest friends, Uvalde school district police officer Ruben Ruiz, to Robb Elementary that morning. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. About 11 minutes into the rampage, the footage shows, Ruiz told several officers who had arrived at the scene that his wife, fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles, called him and told him she had been shot. The county government listed the Biden Administration’s failure to enforce immigration and border security laws as one of the reasons for the resolution. Betancourt said no one responded or followed his order. But officers continued to to treat the matter as if they were dealing with a barricaded gunman instead of an active shooter. Texas Democrats have focused their efforts on reproductive rights and Dallas County's Democratic Party Chair Kristy Noble said Friday the polls don't reflect the opportunity their party has. A team of Border Patrol officers and off-duty sheriff’s deputies eventually went into a pair of adjacent classrooms to kill the shooter, more than 70 minutes after the gunman began his rampage. By then, the gunman had killed 19 children and two teachers — including Mireles."I believe there's a story under the surface that isn't being told, but I think will be told on election day. Active-shooter training requires officers, regardless of their rank, to immediately attempt to “stop the killing” — something McCraw has said repeatedly. Maldonado is seen in other body-cam footage instead helping pull children and teachers out of classroom windows. "For most people, they've been voting with their abortion politics all along and this just becomes incorporated in the environment, which really means the chance for a seismic shift is really limited when you consider it that way," Blank said. Uvalde CISD fired Elizondo earlier this month. “My focus was saving kids, saving whoever I could save, because it was just a horrible situation,” he said, according to investigation documents cited in a Texas Tribune story on the officer’s dismissal posted Friday night. “Now if someone gave me a command … and they told me, ‘Hey, you need to go here,’ I’m going to follow that instruction because that’s what I’m told to do and I’m going to follow my orders. Blank said,"The issue is the Democrats have and continue to have a hard time mobilizing those voters the same rates as Republicans in a state where there are more Republican voters than Democratic voters.” .