Texas school safety: ‘Intruder detection’ audits underway to determine how easy unauthorized person can get in!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – With school safety still on the minds of many parents, experts are working to discover how easy it can be for an unauthorized person to enter your child’s school. Intruder detection audits are underway throughout Texas. “We’re trying to see if we can get unsecured and unauthorized access to campus because we know that closed doors create a time barrier, and time barriers save lives,” said Cathy Martinez Brother, director of the Texas School Security Center at Texas State University, He said. Martinez Brother said that…

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Uvalde CISD hires former Texas DPS trooper Crimson Elizondo under investigation for response to massacre!

UVALDE, Texas – The former Texas Department of Public Safety Officer Crimson Elizondo has resigned while being investigated over her response to the Yuvaldi school shooting massacre. Despite being one of those under investigation for the failed law enforcement response, she is now assigned to protect schoolchildren in the city. In a community reeling from one of the worst school shootings in history, and still begging for answers and accountability, CNN has learned for the first time that Elizondo, who is under investigation for her actions at Robb Elementary School,…

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Texas governor debate: Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke spar over immigration, abortion and Uvalde school shooting!

Edinburgh, Texas – governor. Greg Abbott The Democratic Challenger Beto O’Rourke Friday night’s clashes over immigration, abortion and gun control took place in the only governor’s debate scheduled for November 8 elections. During the debate, Abbott attempted to portray O’Rourke as an aide to Democratic President Joe Biden who would lead Texas to the left and who constantly “flips” on issues such as police funding, immigration policies and energy. For his part, O’Rourke said he wants to “sue the case” against Abbott and the governor’s failures on issues such as…

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Texas DPS director Steve McCraw says he wishes his agency had taken control over the police response to the Uvalde shooting!

UVALDE, Texas – As the state’s top law enforcement agency faces increased scrutiny over its role in the failed police response to the May mass shooting at a school in Ovaldi, agency director Steve McCraw told USA Today he wishes state soldiers had taken control of the operation. Makrau, who sat down with the news outlet to get a An extended interview published on Sunday, was largely blamed on the local police for failing to act quickly to stop the shooter. Macro, the director of the Texas Department of Public…

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Uvalde school shooting: Javier Cazares, father of Jacklyn Cazares killed in massacre running for county commissioner in Precinct 2!

UVALDE, Texas – “It all goes back to the day of the tragedy,” Javier Cazares, father of 9-year-old Jacqueline Cazares, who was killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting, told ABC News. The video above is from a previous story. Javier is running as a clerical candidate for District 2 Ovaldi County Commissioner. He said, “I am a mother first and my main goal is to fight for what is right; to do what needs to be done here.” “Not only for my daughter and her friends who survived, but…

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Uvalde school shooting: 5 Texas DPS officers face a formal investigation over response to massacre at Robb Elementary!

UVALDE, Texas – Five Texas Department of Public Safety officers who responded to the Ovaldi school shooting in May will face an investigation into their actions at Robb Elementary, the agency said. The video above is a timeline tracing the Ovaldi school shooting The officers have been referred to the Office of the Inspector General, which will determine whether the officers violated any policies in their response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, Travis Considine, a spokesman for the DPS, said. The Office of the Inspector General will…

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Uvalde school shooting: Houston-area students commemorate first day of school for survivors after Robb Elementary mass shooting!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Monday is the first day back to school in Uvalde CISD after 19 students and teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School more than three months ago. In solidarity with students on their first day back to school after the tragedy, Houston-area students wear maroon and white. Students and staff at Alief ISD, Friendswood, Tomball, Deer Park, and others are encouraged to participate. Since the mass shooting in May, changes have been made to security via the Uvalde CISD. For example, DPS…

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Uvalde mass shooting: School board to hold hearing on firing of district Police Chief Pete Arredondo!

UVALDE, Texas – A beleaguered Ovaldi School Police Chief may become the first officer to lose his job due to war on Wednesday A hesitant response from hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement personnel During the May massacre at Robb Elementary School. The Ovald Unified Independent School District was to make a decision about the future of Arredondo House, three months after the day a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in US history. The meeting comes less than two weeks before…

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Houston ISD’s Project Safe Start places officers and ministers at campuses for back to school!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – Houston’s ISD Police Department is launching its annual campaign to keep students and teachers safe during the upcoming school year, but school police aren’t doing it alone. Houston Police and HISD Police say there will be additional officers on campus as the school year begins, and local ministers will be in schools, too. It is a coordinated effort to keep children safe. For the past 30 years, HISD Police and Crime Ministers have collaborated on the Safe Start Project. The partnership aims to prevent crime and…

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Uvalde school shooting: School officials to discuss firing of former police chief Pete Arredondo on Aug. 24!

UVALDE, Texas – Uvalde School officials can fire Pete Arredondo, the school district’s police chief, on August 24, three months after he was one of the first law enforcement officers to arrive at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman was killed teachers and 19 children. The video above is from a previous report. School officials on Tuesday scheduled a meeting to decide Arredondo’s future with the district. On Monday, school board members agreed to hire outside lawyers to help them ahead of the hearing. SEE ALSO: The fate of the…

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