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Senators Join Rep. Carter and File Police Act

Statement

Date: April 22, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Guns Criminal Justice

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), and seven of his colleagues filed the POLICE Act in the Senate. This follows on Rep. John Carter's (R-TX-31) POLICE Act filed in the House in February. Following Senator Cornyn's action in the Senate, Rep. Carter released the following statement.

"I applaud Senator Cornyn for joining me in ensuring we continue to have the best trained, and best prepared police forces across the Country. The threat of active shooters is increasingly real. Unfortunately, in Central Texas we have had more than our share of experience responding to active shooters. I believe our men and women of law enforcement must be afforded the opportunity to be the best trained for any situation. Including active shooter training under COPS grants will allow for an increase in first responders to undertake this elite training. The better trained our Law Enforcement Officers are, the safer we all are, and I will continue to do all I can to support our law enforcement and emergency personnel"


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