Amid fallout from the Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy, active-shooter facility

DPS is asking lawmakers to approve a $467 million active-shooter facility as a “down payment” for the training academy. Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility was first posted on November 23, 2022 at 4:58 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please c…

Amid fallout from the Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

DPS is asking lawmakers to approve a $467 million active-shooter facility as a “down payment” for the training academy.

Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

The Texas Department of Public Safety wants $1.2 billion to turn its training center north of Austin into a full-time statewide law enforcement academy — starting with a state-of-the-art active-shooter facility that would need a nearly half-billion-dollar investment from state…

In the Wake of Law Enforcement Fiasco in Uvalde, DPS Asks for $1.2 Billion Active-Shooter Training Facility - Reform Austin

As the Texas Department of Public Safety agency faces heavy criticism over its response to the deadly elementary school shooting in Uvalde in May, the agency is proposing a $1.2 billion training academy to focus law enforcement on active shooter drill preparation.

DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility - Odessa American

By Karen Brooks HarperTexas TribuneThe Texas Department of Public Safety wants $1.2 billion to turn its training center north of Austin into a full-time statewide law enforcement academy — starting with a state-of-the-art active-shooter facility that would need a nearly half-billion-dollar investment from Texas taxpayers next year.“You play like you practice,” DPS Director Steve McCraw told budget officials last month. “You need to practice in a…

Amid fallout from Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2B for active-shooter training facility

The Texas Department of Public Safety wants $1.2 billion to turn its Williamson County training center into a statewide law enforcement academy.