A school district in Texas said it will follow a new school safety law by having school resource officers on its campuses, but the district is short on police officers.
Austin Independent School District
"We've only had about three months since the bill was officially passed to start planning for it," Reach said. "We do believe that Austin ISD police officers, with all the specialized training that they're provided, is going to be what is best for our students and our staff. We don't want teachers having to worry about do they need to be carrying a weapon on campus," Reach said.only has 82 officers right now, including 43 school resource officers. It must hire 83 more officers to be in compliance.
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