Green card holders who were honorably discharged from the U.S. military will soon be able to become licensed peace officers, jailers and dispatchers in Texas.
Bob Owen, Staff-photographer / San Antonio Express-Newsthat allows certain green card holders to become law enforcement officers could help alleviate persistent staffing shortages within the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
“I’m ecstatic to say that opens us up to a whole new demographic of applicants that we didn’t have access to,” Salazar said. More commonly known as “green card holders,” legal permanent residents are non-citizens who are authorized to live and work in the U.S. They also canThe sheriff modeled the bill after one filed in 2019 that sought to allow honorably discharged veterans who are U.S. legal permanent residents to become licensed peace officers, enabling sheriff’s offices and police departments to hire them. Salazar wanted to expand this legislative effort to jailers and dispatchers.
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