Texas Scorecard by Erin Anderson May 25, 2022
“It is time,” says Bosque County Sheriff Trace Hendricks.In the wake of Tuesday’s deadly shooting inside a Uvalde elementary school, in which a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, a Texas sheriff is calling on all local school districts in his county to implement a school marshal program “immediately.”
“Due to historical and recent events, the time has come in which we must place the safety of our children and school faculty as priority number 1,” Bosque County Sheriff Trace Hendricks began in a letter to local school officials:
Texas passed a law in 2013 allowing public school districts and open enrollment charter schools to appoint
school marshals, whose sole purpose is to prevent murder or serious bodily injury on school premises.
Marshals must complete an 80-hour training course, conducted by a law enforcement academy specifically prepared to provide the school marshal curriculum.
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