Uvalde police chief resigns - Chief Daniel Rodriguez was out of the state during the school shooting on May 24, 2022

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UVALDE, Texas – Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez turned in his resignation letter on Tuesday.



“After deep contemplation and consideration, I believe it is time for me to embrace a new chapter in my career,” Rodriguez said in a statement.

His resignation is effective on April 6.

Rodriguez told the Uvalde Leader-News that he was doing what was best for him and his family and said he wasn’t “forced, asked or pressured” to make the decision.

His resignation letter mentions nothing of the May 24, 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre or the scrutiny on his department since.

Rodriguez has been chief of police in Uvalde since 2018 but, according to the Uvalde Leader-News, he was on a scheduled vacation out of state when the shooting occurred.

Lt. Mariano Pargas was acting police chief that day. Pargas retired six months after the shooting following reports that he spoke with a 911 dispatcher on the day of the shooting and knew there was a room “full of victims” but did not act swiftly or communicate the knowledge to other law enforcement. Despite the public scrutiny, Pargas was re-elected to his county commissioner position in November of 2022.

Last week, Austin-area investigator Jesse Prado presented his Independent Expert Investigative Report into the Uvalde Police Department’s response to the shooting.

Prado said the department did not commit any wrongdoing or violate any policy in its response to the elementary school.

Instead, Prado placed the blame on communication issues, crowds outside the school and officers not having the correct keys on hand.

The Prado report conflicts with the assessments made in a report released by the Department of Justice, which pointed a finger at Pargas and his lack of action that day.

Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith released the following statement after Uvalde Chief of Police Daniel Rodriguez announced his resignation:

“The City of Uvalde is grateful to Chief Rodriguez for his 26 years of service to our community and we wish him the best as he pursues new career opportunities. Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will be named Interim Chief of Police, as the City Manager and I undertake the search for a full-time replacement in consultation with the City Council. Nothing is more important than the safety of our community, and we look forward to working together to identify the best candidate to serve the people of Uvalde.”

 

[Reverend]

and he will be hired as the new police chief in El Paso within 3 months.

 

[Justa Grata Honoria]

and he will be hired as the new police chief in El Paso within 3 months.

Nah he will get cushy private security job somewhere to lay low and we will see him back when we need another glow op right after the public has forgotten what he had done .

 

[Would]

Congrats on the new FBI gig, beaner.

 

[Meat Target]

Instead, Prado placed the blame on communication issues, crowds outside the school and officers not having the correct keys on hand.

>SWAT guys have breaching tools
on hand
"Awwwww, shucks! The door's locked!"

 

[tehpope]

He looks like a fat soy boy. Good riddance.

 

[Archie_Kimkicker]

If he had integrity, he would Bushnell himself on the courthouse steps. But he isn't going to do that.

 

[KiwiFuzz2]

If he had integrity, he would Bushnell himself on the courthouse steps. But he isn't going to do that.

I was coming in here to say that all those cops who stood outside should just do the needful and Bud Dwyer themselves.

I can't imagine ever regaining a sense of worth as a human after that.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

said he wasn’t “forced, asked or pressured” to make the decision.

Well he wasn't in a hurry to leave, so that's believable.

 

[derpherp2]

Are we sure it wasn't all a coverup so fatass here can eat his fill on the cafeteria?

 

[AnotherPleb]

Still think the FBI told them to stand down so the elites could maybe hit the death count to make people give up their guns.

Remember: when the left asks you ' how many kids have to die for you to give up your guns? ' they're not tugging at your heartstrings. They're looking for the body count they need to hit for you to give up one of your most fundamental rights.

 

[JosephStalin]

Suggest he was waiting until he reached max pension.

A human being of honor would have resigned immediately after the incident.

I shit on Prado's report. I shit on Prado. Just a bunch of cowards wearing uniforms that day, who not only didn't save any kids but actively kept parents from trying to save their kids. There's a special place in hell for such cowards, alongside my namesake, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, etc.

 

[TowinKarz]

Suggest he was waiting until he reached max pension.

A human being of honor would have resigned immediately after the incident.

I shit on Prado's report. I shit on Prado. Just a bunch of cowards wearing uniforms that day, who not only didn't save any kids but actively kept parents from trying to save their kids. There's a special place in hell for such cowards, alongside my namesake, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, etc.

The only good to come out of it is that every attempted school shooting since then has been ended within minutes with extreme prejudice by either cops with guns or random good guys with guns.

The ROE changed after Uvalde - you can't shelter in place until rescue arrives anymore, you have to engage the threat yourself.

Much like how 9-11 effectively ended hijacking because any hijacker now who attempts it instantly makes 130 mortal enemies inside a sealed can? The rash of tranny shooters are learning to their cost that people now will not attempt to negotiate or secure a perimeter. You pop off? They're dropping counter-battery fire on your location immediately.

 

[bango skank]

Why are we mad at this guy? Granted, he’s the HPIC so that’s reason enough to assume he’s a worthless pile of shit, but if he was on vacation at the time the shooting took place how’s he culpable for the chickenshit cops who were there being too busy pissing their pants to do their job? Was he in the media afterwards running interference for the feds or covering the coward cop’s asses or something?

 

[AnotherPleb]

Why are we mad at this guy? Granted, he’s the HPIC so that’s reason enough to assume he’s a worthless pile of shit, but if he was on vacation at the time the shooting took place how’s he culpable for the chickenshit cops who were there being too busy pissing their pants to do their job? Was he in the media afterwards running interference for the feds or covering the coward cop’s asses or something?

The elites need some scapegoat.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

Why are we mad at this guy? Granted, he’s the HPIC so that’s reason enough to assume he’s a worthless pile of shit, but if he was on vacation at the time the shooting took place how’s he culpable for the chickenshit cops who were there being too busy pissing their pants to do their job? Was he in the media afterwards running interference for the feds or covering the coward cop’s asses or something?

Agreed.

Besides the Acting Chief, what happened to the faggots who hung back and "secured the perimeter" while kids were getting shot? They still employed?

 

[Xarpho's Return]

I shit on Prado's report. I shit on Prado. Just a bunch of cowards wearing uniforms that day, who not only didn't save any kids but actively kept parents from trying to save their kids. There's a special place in hell for such cowards, alongside my namesake, Mao, Hitler, Mussolini, etc.

The most damning thing about Uvalde was that it seemed to indicate that small-town police officers really ARE useless.

These are people whose days involve writing tickets in a speed trap and occasionally taking Billy Bob to the time-out zone when he gets drunk and beats his wife again.

 

[bango skank]

Agreed.

Besides the Acting Chief, what happened to the faggots who hung back and "secured the perimeter" while kids were getting shot? They still employed?

I’m still waiting for the one cop whose wife was one of the teachers who was killed to go Dorner on the cops who held him back from going in himself.

That’s still the most unreal part of the whole debacle for me. That one of the actual cops had a wife who was a teacher there who had called him and told him she was shot, and the rest of the gutless fucking cowards actually held him back and disarmed him.