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Texas state police chief says agency 'did not fail' in Uvalde
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Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales said after the meeting that McCraw should also lose his job, becoming the first major figure in the GOP to call for his resignation.
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Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents Uvalde, called on the state's Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw to resign on Thursday.
Uvalde parents and Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-Dist. 19) challenged Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw in Austin Thursday during a hearing of the Public Safety Commission, calling for his resignation.
By Dakin Andone, Shimon Prokupecz and Matthew J. Friedman, CNN In the face of calls for his resignation Thursday, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steven McCraw did not step down, saying at a meeting of the agency’s oversight board that his officers “did not fail the community” of Uva…
Weeks after Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had “any culpability” in the botched police response to the Uvalde school shooting, he told families calling for his resignation Thursday that the agency has not failed as an institution.
Texas DPS Director Col. Steven McCraw told families of Uvalde school shootings victims that the agency "did not fail the community" amid their calls for him to resign.
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales said after the meeting that McCraw should also lose his job, becoming the first major figure in the GOP to call for his resignation.
McCraw once said he would resign if Texas DPS held any culpability. He has since clarified that if DPS, as an institution, failed the families, he would step down.
