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Bill would require expanded de-escalation and crisis training for TDCJ officers after on-duty death
Summary
House Bill 2756 would require Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officers and supervisors to receive pre-service and annual training on de-escalation, crisis intervention and behavioral health; family members of a fallen officer urged passage and witnesses described the risks of cell extractions.
Senator Huffman presented House Bill 2756, a measure prompted by the November 2023 death of correctional officer Jovian Motley at the Wainwright unit. The bill requires preservice and annual training for TDCJ correctional officers and supervisors in de-escalation, crisis…
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