Uvalde school district suspends all police department operations

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District suspended its entire police department’s operations and placed two top administrators on paid leave Friday morning.

The district’s superintendent, Hal Harrell, in a memo to staff, said the school board would discuss his retirement in closed session when it meets Monday, with no set timeline.

The decision to stop police operations came after parents protested outside of the district’s administration building for 11 days demanding the suspension of all officers who were involved in the disastrous law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24.