It's a legitimate question: If a permanent resident can serve in the military, why can't that same person be a police officer in Texas when there's a shortage of cops?
If enacted, a bill in the Texas Senate would expand the pool of potential peace officers by allowing noncitizens to apply., a Dallas County Democrat, filed a bill this week to allow permanent U.S. residents to become peace officers in Texas. Current state law requires peace officers to be U.S. citizens. This excludes noncitizens who are permanent residents, even though these individuals can legally serve in the military.
“Whether it’s sheriffs or members of the city police force or other forms of peace officer, it’s going to greatly expand the pool from which law enforcement can draw to boost its ranks,” Johnson said. “Presently, police departments in particular are having a great deal of difficulty staffing at the levels that they need to to provide the level of safety that people want. In fact, they need more people to provide safety for their own officers. So, it’s a pro-law enforcement, pro-safety law.
Johnson said that approach may seem politically safer, but it makes more sense to pass broader legislation. “We all support veterans. We all support employment for veterans. Veterans have demonstrated their allegiance to this country,” Johnson said. “I think, however, it is neither rational, nor fair, nor even politically necessary, to limit service as a peace officer to people who have served in the U.S. military.
He said public safety is important to Republicans and Democrats alike, so he thinks he’ll be able to garner bipartisan support for SB 376.said the city’s police department is still several hundred officers short of being fully staffed. He said DPD has about 3,100 officers, but it needs between 3,600 and 4,000. “A good operating status would be 3,600 to 3,700, so we’re maybe 400 to 500 off from where we need to be,” Mata said.
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