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   (CNN)Pedro "Pete" Arredondo, the embattled Uvalde school police   
   chief who led the flawed law enforcement response to last week's   
   school shooting and has remained out of the public eye since,   
   spoke exclusively to CNN on Wednesday and declined to answer   
   substantive questions about the massacre.   
      
   According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS),   
   Arredondo has not responded to a request for a follow-up   
   interview with the Texas Rangers, who are investigating the   
   shooting at Robb Elementary.   
      
   Yet outside his home Wednesday, Arredondo told CNN's Aaron   
   Cooper, "I am in contact with DPS everyday."   
      
   And outside his office minutes later, he told CNN's Shimon   
   Prokupecz that he's not going to release any further information   
   while funerals are ongoing.   
      
   "We're going to be respectful to the family," he said. "We're   
   going to do that eventually. Whenever this is done and the   
   families quit grieving, then we'll do that obviously."   
      
   It's the first time Arredondo has commented since two brief   
   press statements on the day of the attack, in which he said the   
   gunman was dead but provided little information on the shooting,   
   citing the ongoing investigation. He took no questions at the   
   time and has not appeared in a public forum since.   
      
   Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the attack   
   last Tuesday, and officials have so far failed to answer major   
   questions about why police took about 80 minutes to breach two   
   locked classroom doors and confront the gunman.   
      
   The school police chief was identified last week by DPS as the   
   commanding officer who decided not to force their way into the   
   rooms and instead to stand back and wait for reinforcements --   
   even as children inside repeatedly called 911 and begged police   
   for help.   
   A Customs and Border Protection tactical team ultimately entered   
   the rooms using a janitor's keys and fatally shot the suspect,   
   DPS said.   
      
   DPS Director Steven McCraw did not identify Arredondo by name,   
   but he said the chief made the "wrong decision" not to engage   
   with the gunman sooner. He said the commanding officer decided   
   to treat the situation like a barricaded suspect rather than an   
   active shooter.   
      
   Established law enforcement policy, created in the wake of the   
   Columbine school shooting of 1999, calls for police to stop the   
   gunman as fast as possible in an active shooter situation.   
      
   Arredondo has worked in law enforcement for nearly 30 years and   
   became chief of police of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent   
   School District (CISD) Police Department in March 2020.   
      
   In that role, he completed a school-based law enforcement active   
   shooter training course in December 2021, according to his   
   professional training file obtained by CNN. He also completed a   
   school-based law enforcement active shooter training course with   
   the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in August 2020.   
      
   Further, he completed an Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response   
   Training (ALERRT) program Terrorism Response Tactics course in   
   June 2019, according to the document. The ALERRT program is   
   designed to teach officers techniques to save lives after an   
   active shooting, such as how to apply tourniquets, according to   
   the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center.   
      
   Arredondo sworn in to city council in secret ceremony   
   Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde city council earlier this   
   month, and a special city council meeting to swear him and   
   others in had been set to take place Tuesday.   
      
   However, Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement Monday that   
   the meeting "will not take place as scheduled," adding "our   
   focus on Tuesday is on our families who lost loved ones."   
      
   Instead, Arredondo was sworn in privately without advance notice   
   to the media. Although there was no formal ceremony, McLaughlin   
   said that members of the council came to City Hall "at their   
   convenience" during the day to be sworn in, adding that   
   Arredondo appeared in person to receive the oath and sign   
   paperwork.   
      
   "Out of respect for the families who buried their children   
      
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