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Chiefs, sheriffs and vendors ask appropriators for training funds and hearing‑protection pilot
Summary
Representatives of the Chiefs of Police and the Sheriffs' Association asked the committee for ongoing training funds; a vendor and an industry representative urged a multi‑year pilot to supply active hearing‑protection devices to first responders.
Multiple public‑safety organizations asked the House Appropriations Committee to provide recurring funding for mandated training and to consider a pilot program supplying active hearing protection for law‑enforcement officers.
Earl Earnhardt, representing the Association of Chiefs of Police, said state law requires the association to provide chief‑level training to hundreds of incoming command officers and that the…
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