The more I hear about the how the police reacted in the Uvalde school shooter, the angrier I become. Now it’s not even clear if Uvalde Schools Police Chief Peter Arredondo had his police radio on! Arrendondo is being investigated for this very thing right now. I see #UvaldePoliceCowards as a top trending topic on Twitter today. As pro law enforcement and police as I am, I really can’t disagree with this hashtag.
Texas state investigators are probing whether Uvalde Schools Police Chief Peter Arredondo even had a police radio on him when he made the disastrous decision to have officers stand back — instead of confronting shooter Salvador Ramos, who killed 19 kids, a law enforcement source told The Post.
The lack of a police radio may explain why Arredondo decided to hold officers back as multiple students called 911 from inside the school begging for help, investigators with the state’s Department of Public Safety believe.
“That’s going to be key,” the source said, “If those 911 calls were being communicated to the officers or the incident commander.”
Ramos crashed a pickup truck into a ditch outside Robb Elementary Tuesday, who quickly started shooting, and climbed a fence before gaining entry through a door left propped open, officials have said.