Thursday 6 October 2022 07:22 PM Uvalde cop who resigned after being slammed for failures is REHIRED top protect ... trends now
An Uvalde officer who resigned amid an investigation over the department's failure to rescue 19 kids in the massacre has been fired just hours after it was reported she was hired as a cop in the school district.
Crimson Elizondo, a former officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety, had joined the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD), where she is tasked with protecting the survivors of the deadly May 24 shooting, CNN reports.
The district said she was terminated from her position on Thursday, apologizing to the families of the victims.
'We are deeply distressed by the information that was disclosed yesterday evening concerning one of our recently hired employees, Crimson Elizondo,' UCISD said, referencing Elizondo's infamous statement in the aftermath of the shooting.
Bodycam footage shown to parents showed Elizondo delivering care to survivors and commenting to an officer that she would have rushed into the school if it was her son in danger.
'Yeah my son's in daycare, he's not old enough. Yeah no, if my son had been in there, I would not have been outside, I promise you that,' she said.
The district added: 'We sincerely apologize to the victim's families and the greater Uvalde community for the pain that this revelation has caused.'
Crimson Elizondo, a former officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety, was hired and then fired from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police force.
Parents of the victims said they immediately recognized Elizondo in her new job at the Uvalde Elementary school from the body camera footage showing her among the seven DPS officers who stood around and waited while students were being shot.
Brett Cross, who lost his son, Uziyah Garcia, in the massacre, said he was disgusted to see
