Uvalde school police chief put on leave after response called ‘abject failure’

The Uvalde school district’s police chief (third right left) has been placed on leave following allegations his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead was an ‘abject failure’ (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has been placed on leave following allegations his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead was an “abject failure”.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened the day in southern Texas remain unclear.