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U.S. Senator John Cornyn speaks on active-shooter legislation

Published on August 4, 2016 under CommunityImpact

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, visited the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University in San Marcos on Aug. 3, less than a month after a bill he co-authored to provide funding for active-shooter response training was signed into law. The success of the ALERRT program paved the way for the passage of the Protecting Our Lives through Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act, a bill authored by Sen. Cornyn and U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock. The bill allows local law enforcement and first responders to use Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) federal grant funding […]

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock

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