GALENA PARK, Texas (KTRK) -- The Galena Park ISD Board of Trustees approved a motion Monday night to hire an additional 19 officers to patrol campuses and district facilities.
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The motion passed unanimously and comes just three weeks after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
Board members voted 6-0 to "approve, giving the Superintendent or his designee, the authority to execute contracts with Harris County Precincts 2 and 3 for 19 additional school officers, which will assure that every campus and day care has an assigned officer."
Harris County Constable's Office Precincts 2 and 3 contract with Galena Park ISD. Currently, the district has about 25 officers to cover 26 campuses and other buildings.
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ABC13 contacted the district for details on assignments. Its communications department did not respond.
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