Mitchell, the lawsuit says, has refused to share it as she conducts her own investigation into the law enforcement response. The district attorney is considering whether any aspects of the police response could rise to the level of criminal charges. The city investigation, meanwhile, is considering whether police officers followed department policies — and if that should result in discipline or their firing. State lawmakers, who also investigated the police response, later released some video, but no footage or other public records have come through Mitchell. In August, Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district police chief, was fired after it was determined that he failed to take the leadership role of incident commander during the shooting, as he should have per an active shooter policy he helped write.

Source: The Local December 02, 2022 04:57 UTC