The extraordinary move by Uvalde school leaders to suspend campus police operations underscored the sustained pressure that families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May 24 attack have kept on the district.
Move follows outrage after hiring of former state trooper who was part of heavily criticized police repsonseParents and family of students hold protest signs during a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District where parents addressed the shootings at Robb Elementary School, on July 18, in Uvalde, Texas.
Uvalde families have said students in the district are not safe so long as officers who waited so long to confront and kill the gunman remain on the job.The Uvalde school district had five campus police officers on the scene of the shooting, according to a damning report from Texas lawmakers that laid out multiple breakdowns in the response. A total of nearly 400 officers responded, including school district police, the city's police, county sheriff's deputies, state police and U.S.
"We are confident that staff and student safety will not be compromised during this transition," the district said in a statement.
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