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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Karen Brooks Harper

FOUND: Amid fallout from the uvalde shooting texas dps wants 1 2 billion for academy and active shooter training facility | Mind Blowing Facts

Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw speaks at a border security briefing at Texas DPS regional headquarters in Weslaco on Jan. 27, 2022.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw speaks at a border security briefing Jan. 27 at Texas DPS regional headquarters in Weslaco. (Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune)

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 Texas taxpayers next year.

“You play like you practice,” DPS Director Steve McCraw told budget officials last month. “You need to practice in a real environment.”

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