I knew that good cause exists to terminate non certifi
contract effective immediately. I further that good
Read by the unpaid belief status of Mr. Anderson
starting July 19, 2022. Finally, I move to authorize
the superintendent to issue a written notice to MR of
this board action, including filing any needed reports
required by determination, further discussion. Karen
all in favor breaking news out of vivaldi texas tonight
where school police chief Peter Redondo has been fired.
Let's get right to the ground. Newsy National
correspondent john mone is live on the ground again
tonight in vivaldi texas. He was in the room earlier
talking with residents there, john R. Redondo fought
this tooth and nail. He requested delays. He wanted
back pay all this. Now a unanimous vote had this play
out. So in about they went behind closed door, uh, to
closed door sessions to discuss, you know, his
termination that happened at ab 5 45. They came back
in session at 7 10 and quickly they raised the issue o
what they were discussing and that they were moving to
fire him. And then they unanimously voted to fire Peter
Arredondo. That obviously was a sense of, I'm not gonna
say joy here. There's a sense of relief amongst the
people here, amongst the parents of the victims and
amongst their supporters and people in the community.
They, many of them think this is a good first step, but
more people need to be held accountable. So many of
them, their grief stricken, they've been outraged
They've been shocked As we've seen the video. I know
you've been talking to some people on the ground in
just a few minutes that have passed. What are they
saying again This is a good first step. And you know,
when we asked them about some of the language that Mr
Arredondo does attorney uh delivered to the board in
his client's defense. Um Not necessarily outraged, but
they're just exhausted and they think, look, here's an
attorney do doing his client, you know, uh doing what
an attorney does for his client. But it's not our
reality. And Mr Arredondo needs to find work elsewhere
here, but they think that more people need to be held
accountable up and down the Law enforcement food chain.
It's a good point. I think there were more than a dozen
agencies on the ground. So I know they still want
accountability. As for Peter Redondo though, real quick
do we expect an appeal Can he appeal this I mean, based
on the language of the letter and I've I've sent an
email to his council already. We we should expect an
appeal. Is it official yet We don't know until his
attorney says so. Or until we get word from the board
that Mr O'donnell wishes to appeal the termination of
firing, they unanimously voted to fire him. The
superintendent still has to carry out the ministerial
act if you will to write a letter of termination a
send it Mr Arredondo zwei So that process is started.
It's a question of how Mr Arredondo responds. I also
want to ask you right before we came on the air. I know
you were aside talking with the state senator who
oversees this area and he's been a big vocal advocate
for them. What do you tell you Again He thinks in terms
of the people here who responded um Peter Arredond
although he's the school district police chief um is
smaller in comparison to some of the bigger agencies,
in terms of the people who ought to be held accountabl
in terms of the actions that those officers or lack of
action of those officers on that day in May 24. So
again, Roland Gutierrez, the state senator here thinks
that more investigation is needed and more people in
the law enforcement community in this area that were
deployed ought to be held accountable. He brings up
again a story, we have covered Operation Lone Sta
you've Aldi County is a recipient of Operation Lone
Star grants that is Governor Greg Abbott's much vau
security effort. It's five, almost $5 billion in
counting that the state of texas has spent itself
trying to enforce immigration laws along the border.
And a lot of those officers from the Department of
Public Safety were deployed because of Operation Lone
Star and a lot of those officers were officers yo
would have seen standing in the hallways when that
surveillance tape aired yet that day. I think that
gutierrez, he told me something like 91 DPS officers
were there, So okay, three months out. This action has
been taken john on the ground live tonight as Vivaldi
decides to, uh, fire its school. Police chief, Peter
Redondo. Thank you.