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TCOLE moves forward with HB 33 rule changes: PIO requirements, active-shooter reporting and equipment mandates
Summary
Commissioners voted to publish for public comment multiple rule amendments to implement HB 33, including PIO assignments and certification, active-shooter reporting timelines, and minimum equipment requirements for schools; staff will refine definitions with ALERT and working groups.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement opened a multi-item rules discussion driven by House Bill 33 (the Uvalde Strong Act), covering public information officer (PIO) assignments, active-shooter policy specifics, mandated breaching tools and ballistic shields for campus response, and related continuing-education obligations.
Assistant general counsel and staff presented proposed changes to rule 2.11.16 to require certain agencies—including municipal police departments, sheriff's offices, constable offices, school-district police departments and the Department of Public Safety—to assign a certified PIO and to obtain that certificate within a year of assignment. The rule language clarifies communications-equipment obligations (either a radio or a…
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