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TCOLE: ALERT training on track and agency staffing expands amid workload growth
Summary
TCOLE staff reported the state is on pace to meet ALERT Level 1 training deadlines, with fewer than 5,000 licensees remaining untrained; commissioners also heard about major new hires and continued staffing pressures across field services and IT.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement was told Dec. 11 that statewide efforts to meet ALERT Level 1 training requirements are progressing and that the agency has expanded staff to respond to increased responsibilities.
"We are down below 5,000 licensees that don't have that yet," Executive Director Greg Stevens said, reporting progress toward the statutory requirement that every peace officer have ALERT Level 1 on record by Aug. 31, 2027. Stevens added that fewer than…
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