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IR-003 / Investigative report

Donald Page: former Uvalde sergeant joins Real County

Donald Page / Real County, Texas
Original graphic: October 13, 2026

Read this dated status note. The October 13, 2026 graphic accompanies a three-page source-report draft reviewed October 12. The city reported no evidence of deliberate withholding in the video-release matter; a separate March 2024 city-commissioned review found no identified policy violation by Page in the shooting response. These address different conduct. The file remains NR / Not Rated, and the original service record, hiring file and complete individual administrative record were not independently obtained.

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Historical investigative report graphic; read the status note above

Donald Page

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Draft · NR / Not Rated

Status as recorded: October 12, 2026 source review

Employment
Real County deputy appointment effective September 10, 2026, according to reporting citing TCOLE records; announced October 4.
Court status
This source report establishes no individual criminal charge, conviction or judicial misconduct finding against Page.
Licensing
Original TCOLE service history and any individual licensing or sanction records were not independently obtained.

Separate review of the shooting response

The March 2024 city-commissioned Prado review, as summarized by KSAT, identified no policy violation by Page in the school response and credited his movement toward the shooter and assistance with evacuations. This is an attributed finding from that review.

Multiagency findings are institutional context

The DOJ review identified serious failures in command, tactics, communication and the response to the active shooter. The saved file does not treat those institutional findings as an individual disciplinary determination against Page.

Records release and intent

Reporting identified Page as the employee placed on paid leave during the omitted-video inquiry. Uvalde later described technology problems and an unintentional failure of diligence, and reported no evidence of deliberate withholding. The exact individual duties and final personnel record remain incomplete here.

Departure and later employment

Page separated from Uvalde on September 13, 2024. The city and his attorney described retirement, while some reporting used resignation. Subsequent reporting citing TCOLE service records describes employment at Winters through July 2026 and a Real County appointment effective September 10, 2026. The underlying service and hiring records were not independently obtained.

Scoring decision in the saved draft

The October 12 draft applies the officer evidence gates of the TCF Method 3.0 pilot and withholds a composite score. Its coverage is not a comprehensive career audit; favorable and adverse accounts remain separately attributed.

Dated record

  1. Robb Elementary response

    Page was among the responding officers. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed.

  2. City-commissioned review

    Prado recommended exoneration concerning Page’s shooting response, according to KSAT’s summary.

  3. Uvalde separation

    Page departed after being placed on paid leave during the video-release inquiry; retirement and resignation wording differs across accounts.

  4. Additional footage released

    Reporting describes the city’s release of omitted video and its finding of technical issues and insufficient diligence, without evidence of deliberate withholding.

  5. Real County appointment effective

    Start date reported from TCOLE service records, following employment at Winters Police Department through July 2026.

  6. Hiring announced

    Sheriff Nathan T. Johnson publicly announced the appointment, according to the saved reporting.

Obtain the original TCOLE service and licensing records, records-custodian assignment, complete audit and personnel findings, Page-attributable event evidence, original Prado passages and exhibits, and Real County hiring records. The draft also identifies agency comment and Page’s response as follow-up work; no new response or records were obtained for this upload.

Sources in the saved file