Town of Uvalde is making an attempt to keep away from handing over data on the Texas college district’s embattled police chief and the botched police response to the capturing bloodbath — regardless of a number of requests from The Submit and varied different media shops.
Legal professionals employed by the town wrote to Texas Lawyer Common Ken Paxton final week laying out 52 the explanation why they shouldn’t have to stick to the “quite a few” requests for data beneath the state’s sunshine legal guidelines.
The legislation enforcement response to the bloodbath that left 19 youngsters and two lecturers lifeless has come beneath intense scrutiny after it was revealed the college district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, didn’t instantly storm lecture rooms to kill the gunman.
Within the wake of the Could 24 capturing, The Submit requested all audio from 911 calls, together with some created from terrified college students, because the gunman stormed into Robb Elementary Faculty.
Data associated to the embattled police chief had been requested by different media shops.
Within the letter, legal professionals representing the town requested AG Paxton to rule on whether or not the data requested by media shops is “excepted from disclosure beneath the Public Info Act.”
“The Metropolis claims that the requested info just isn't info that's collected, assembled, or maintained beneath a legislation or ordinance or in reference to the transaction of official enterprise by a governmental physique or for a governmental physique or is excepted from disclosure,” the letter, signed by legal professional Cynthia Trevino, mentioned.
The AG’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
Arredondo has largely been blamed for the botched police response to the college bloodbath after he ordered legislation enforcement to attempt to negotiate with the gunman — permitting virtually an hour to move earlier than a gaggle, made up principally of US Border Patrol brokers, bucked orders and stormed in.
Uvalde Consolidated Impartial Faculty District Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell refused to disclose final week whether or not Arredondo was nonetheless employed by the town.
Arredondo has saved a low profile for the reason that lethal capturing and has mentioned little to the media — regardless of his main function within the legislation enforcement response.
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