The Police Chief of The Uvalde School Police should resign, be fired, and be charged with misconduct of office. Pedro “Pete” Arredondo started out as a 911 operator, responding repeatedly to calls from people in Uvalde, Texas desperately needing help when seconds could mean the difference between life and death.

He should now end his career by resigning as chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department for failing to take action. At the same time, children placed nearly a dozen 911 calls for help while locked in adjoining classrooms, both their teachers and 19 classmates dead or dying.