A lot has changed for school safety after the Uvalde school shooting, including more law enforcement agencies getting active shooter training.
25 News talked to a few police departments in Central Texas that say they’re getting the mandated training required by the state.
During the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde it took officers 77 minutes to engage the gunman.
After that, Texas mandated all police officers take 16 hours of active shooter training every two years.
This is something that Temple Police say they were already doing.
City of Temple Spokesperson Megan Price says, “They did attend alert training before the Uvalde shooting — it was called ALERT OR advanced law enforcement rapid response training,” said City of Temple spokesperson, Megan Price.
“They were attending, but not on a two year period like it is now.”
Waco police say they also attended active shooting training before Uvalde, and they start next month to get the whole department trained by next year.