![]() ![]() ![]() He also went through eight hours of the same training in 2020 and 16 hours of ‘Terrorism Response Tactics – Active Shooter’ in 2019,” The Federalist reported at the time. “ Records show Arredondo recently completed eight hours of active shooter training in December of 2021. In contrast, Chief Pete Arredondo of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District was specifically trained for active shooter scenarios, but he still ordered officers not to enter the classroom where the gunman had barricaded himself in with fourth graders. Local news reported that he “steadied himself against a pole” before firing 10 rounds at the shooter from a distance of 40 yards, bringing the shooter to the ground. He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun, was very tactically sound, and as he moved to close in on the suspect, he was also motioning for people to exit behind him.” He did not hold a permit, but legally carried the handgun under Indiana’s new “constitutional carry” law, which went into effect July 1. Dicken had “no police training and no military background,” according to Greenwood Police Chief James Ison, who added that “his actions were nothing short of heroic. ![]()
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