Crimson Elizondo
Crimson Elizondo is a police officer in Texas.[1][2]
Several hundred police officers responded, at Robb school in Uvalde, Texas, when a gunman took control of a classroom and started shooting children and teachers.[1][3] Those officers were very widely criticized for failing to storm the classroom, for over an hour.
The School district responded by suspending all of its existing police officers, and hiring new officers, including Elizondo, without realizing that Elizondo, herself, was one of the officers who was present the day of the shooting.[1][3][4]
Elizondo was the first of seven officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to enter the school.[1] She arrived within two minutes of the 9-1-1 call.[3] However, she failed to don her body armor vest, or bring her department issue rifle.
The Department of Public Safety commenced a disciplinary review of the conduct of Elizondo, and her colleagues, but when she resigned to take her job as a police officer for the school district, the Department of Public Safety closed her review, because as a non-employee she was no longer subject to the discipline.[1]
According to a review of police body camera footage, conducted by AP News, Elizondo told other officers “If my son had been in there, I would not have been outside. I promise you that.”[1][5][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Jenny Wagnon Courts, Josh Margolin (2022-10-06). "Uvalde school district fires recently hired officer after learning she was under investigation for shooting response". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063751/https://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-trooper-investigation-uvalde-massacre-response-now-cop/story?id=91080756. Retrieved 2022-10-10. "As a result of potential failure to follow standard procedures, the trooper was among seven DPS personnel whose conduct is now being investigated by the agency's inspector general. The seven have been suspended, however, by Elizondo resigning from DPS to work for the Uvalde schools she is no longer subject to any internal discipline or penalties. Her conduct -- if found to be in violation of law or policy -- would be included in the final report from the DPS IG."
- ↑ "She's under investigation for her response to the Robb Elementary shooting. Now she's been hired by Uvalde CISD.". KENS5. 2022-10-05. https://www.kens5.com/article/news/special-reports/uvalde-school-shooting/robb-elementary-dps-trooper-shooting-uvalde-hire-police/273-36a63c22-c3d9-478b-a5b1-fccd61b4afb4. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul J. Weber, Jake Bleiberg (2022-10-06). "Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting". AP News (Austin, Texas). Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20221008200815/https://apnews.com/article/police-shootings-texas-education-school-1a78387d422bf3f6cd32c782ab8e9304. Retrieved 2022-10-10. "The hiring of Officer Crimson Elizondo was first reported by CNN on Wednesday night. Less than 24 hours later, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fired Elizondo on Thursday in the face of swift and mounting backlash from families of the fourth-grade victims and Texas lawmakers."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Officer investigated over response to Uvalde shooting is now working for same school system". CNN. 2022-10-06. https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/10/06/uvalde-texas-school-officer-response-investigation-shooting-dps-prokupecz-contd-ac360-vpx.cnn. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ↑ Ariana Garcia (2022-10-06). "Uvalde CISD Police fire newly hired officer following surfacing of comments during massacre". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007061440/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Uvalde-UCISD-officer-hired-17491087.php. Retrieved 2022-10-10. "The school district police department issued a statement Thursday, per FOX 29, explaining that Elizondo's comments, which were recorded by officer body cameras during the shooting, led to her firing."
