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Commerce and Insurance requests radios, law-enforcement training funding and SRO support; committee asks about rollout and participation
Summary
Commissioner Carter Lawrence sought funding for radios, depreciation for new fire apparatus, and staff increases tied to statutory pay steps; deputies described SRO training and reported recruitment and retention grants have been partially disbursed with agencies still enrolling.
Carter Lawrence, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, outlined several FY26 requests for the department's law-enforcement and fire training operations and provided details on SRO training and statewide recruiting and retention grants.
Law enforcement recruiting and retention: The department described two tranches of recruiting and retention grants totaling roughly $60,000,000 statewide. Lawrence said about $1,500,000 had been paid out as of the prior month and that…
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