LITTLE CYPRESS, Texas — A new Texas law is changing the way first responders prepare for active shooter situations, requiring agencies to train and work together.

The “Uvalde Strong” School Safety Act was passed three years after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The law mandates school district police departments and local law enforcement meet annually and complete joint training for responding to an active shooter.

“Local sheriff's departments, EMS medical people, ambulance services, all the above will be included,” Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD Police Chief Michael Hennigan said.

Hennigan said the law standardizes emergency response across agencies.

“So that piece of it standardized protocol is going to be where everybody knows what they'r

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