Bill Text: TX HCR161 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Encouraging the implementation of evidence-based police training for police officers and staff in leadership and supervisory roles in all police departments across the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HCR161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR161-Introduced.html
| 86R12121 BPG-D | ||
| By: Israel | H.C.R. No. 161 | |
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| WHEREAS, Evidence-based policing has yielded positive | ||
| results in numerous communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Using scientific methods, evidence-based policing | ||
| tests and tracks interventions to determine whether they are | ||
| effective and efficient; the results help police departments | ||
| continuously refine their policies and strategies with a structure | ||
| to evaluate the impact on the communities they serve; EBP, as it is | ||
| sometimes known, also allows for the assessment of potential harm | ||
| prior to the introduction of new initiatives or policies; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In Texas, the City of Houston has developed measures | ||
| to integrate evidence-based policing methods, and the Caruth Police | ||
| Institute in Dallas has made great strides in helping officers gain | ||
| leadership skills while learning evidence-based strategies; in | ||
| 2018, Texas Southern University announced the establishment of the | ||
| Center for Justice Research, an initiative designed to produce | ||
| innovative solutions for criminal justice reform; in addition, the | ||
| American Society of Evidence-Based Policing has provided extensive | ||
| training to Texas officers and crime analysts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Despite the success of evidence-based police | ||
| training and the growing demand for such training for officers as | ||
| they move up the ranks, there is currently no state standard in | ||
| place to support the adoption of evidence-based police training in | ||
| Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby encourage the implementation of evidence-based police | ||
| training for police officers and staff in leadership and | ||
| supervisory roles in all police departments across the state; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature recommend that 20 hours | ||
| of evidence-based police training be completed by police officers | ||
| and staff in leadership and supervisory roles in all police | ||
| departments across the state. | ||
