Decision to Fire , Uvalde School Police Chief , Postponed Indefinitely.<br />'The New York Times' reports that a scheduled <br />meeting to consider terminating Uvalde, Texas school <br />police chief, Pete Arrendondo, has been postponed.<br />'The New York Times' reports that a scheduled <br />meeting to consider terminating Uvalde, Texas school <br />police chief, Pete Arrendondo, has been postponed.<br />In conformity with due process <br />requirements, and at the request <br />of his attorney, the meeting to consider <br />the termination of Chief Arredondo <br />will be held at a later date which <br />has yet to be determined, Anne Marie Espinoza, <br />Uvalde district communications director, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />The July 22 decision came amid public pressure for accountability for a delayed police response to an elementary school massacre that left 21 people dead.<br />The July 22 decision came amid public pressure for accountability for a delayed police response to an elementary school massacre that left 21 people dead.<br />The May 24 mass shooting <br />at Robb Elementary School left <br />nineteen students and two teachers dead. .<br />The May 24 mass shooting <br />at Robb Elementary School left <br />nineteen students and two teachers dead. .<br />Widespread public demands <br />have been made for police <br />officials to be held accountable.<br />Chief Arredondo, and hundreds of other responding officers, were blamed by a Texas House committee for , “systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”.<br />Chief Arredondo, and hundreds of other responding officers, were blamed by a Texas House committee for , “systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”.<br />According to the report, state investigators concluded that <br />some of the victims who died on the way to the hospital , "could have survived if they had not had <br />to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue.".<br />The city of Uvalde, the Texas state police and the Border <br />Patrol have all opened investigations into the actions <br />of officers who responded to the mass shooting
