Bill Text: TX SCR46 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the City of Pharr, South Texas College, the Pharr Police Department, and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District for their collaborative efforts to develop the Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Signed by the Governor [SCR46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR46-Enrolled.html
S.C.R. No. 46 |
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WHEREAS, Border safety is a matter of vital importance, and | ||
South Texas has a growing need for highly trained law enforcement | ||
professionals to ensure the security of the citizens of the Lone | ||
Star State; and | ||
WHEREAS, Studies derived from Texas Workforce Commission | ||
data indicate that the need for law enforcement personnel such as | ||
police and sheriff's officers, detectives, and criminal | ||
investigators will see a 21 percent increase between 2012 and 2021; | ||
accordingly, approximately 2,000 new law enforcement positions | ||
will be required in Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy, and | ||
Zapata Counties; and | ||
WHEREAS, In order to prepare for the law enforcement | ||
challenges ahead, the City of Pharr, South Texas College, the Pharr | ||
Police Department, and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School | ||
District have united to work for the development of a | ||
state-of-the-art training complex, the proposed Regional Center | ||
for Public Safety Excellence, in Hidalgo County; this complex will | ||
benefit the entire region by launching innovative programs in | ||
public safety and security, providing initial and continuing | ||
education of law enforcement personnel in the Rio Grande Valley; | ||
individuals will be able to attain basic peace officer | ||
certification and credit toward an associate of applied science | ||
degree, or to work toward a wide range of certificates, associate | ||
degrees, and bachelor's degrees; and | ||
WHEREAS, The City of Pharr has committed 40 acres for | ||
construction of the center, which would be funded by local | ||
community college bond proceeds; the RCPSE would be administered by | ||
South Texas College in partnership with political subdivisions and | ||
participating school districts in the Rio Grande Valley, and | ||
through a memorandum of understanding with the city, the police | ||
department, and the school district; currently, PSJA ISD offers | ||
academic and workforce programs leading to certificates and degrees | ||
in public safety and criminal justice; the Pharr Police Department | ||
is licensed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer | ||
Standards and Education to offer a police academy, and the | ||
department will ensure that RCPSE programs and course curricula | ||
satisfy any TCLEOSE requirements for approved training providers; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Establishment of a center for public safety | ||
excellence received overwhelming support in the Texas house, which | ||
passed House Bill 2883, 83rd Regular Session, with 145 aye votes; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, All those who are working on this important endeavor | ||
are making a valuable and lasting contribution to public safety, | ||
and it is most fitting to recognize them for their commitment to a | ||
strong and safe Texas; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby commend the | ||
City of Pharr, South Texas College, the Pharr Police Department, | ||
and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District for their | ||
outstanding collaborative efforts to develop the Regional Center | ||
for Public Safety Excellence and to address the critical and | ||
growing need for highly trained law enforcement personnel in the | ||
South Texas border region; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
for the city, the college, the police department, and the school | ||
district as an expression of high regard by the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 46 was adopted by the Senate | ||
on May 26, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 46 was adopted by the House | ||
on May 27, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |