The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to...
The proposed active-shooter facility was part of a presentation made last year by McCraw to captains at the Texas Highway Patrol, an arm of the DPS, according to meeting minutes obtained by the Texas Tribune.program — an active-shooter response training system developed 20 years ago at Texas State University in San Marcos that has been the national standard for active-shooter training for a decade.
“You play like you practice,” he told them at the time. “You need to practice in a real environment.” Senate budget writers expressed support for the newer idea of simply upgrading the training center for $381.5 million, as well as for considering legislation that would require intensive active-shooter training for law enforcement officers in all types of jurisdictions.
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