The police department has been under investigation for its response to the shooting in May, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom.
The school district said it requested additional officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide campus security.
Pete Arredondo, who led the small police force tasked with patrolling school grounds, was fired as police chief in August. He faced fierce criticism for law enforcement's reaction.
The suspension of the police force comes more than a week after parents of children who survived the shooting sued the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, former officials, the manufacturer of the gun used in the massacre and others.
Uvalde officials came under scrutiny after nearly 400 law enforcement officers waited outside school classrooms for more than an hour before confronting and killing the shooter.
In July, the Texas legislature released a report blaming the response on “systemic failures” and poor leadership, adding that inaction allowed for the death toll to grow higher.
Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Leslie Adler
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