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I don't remember TCLEOSE having anything about the weapons laws, per se, in the course. The law required updates on family violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and similar subjects. TCLEOSE generally stuck pretty much to those areas though it might have had a few tangentially related (such as CHL suspension while under protective order) weapons laws.

For TCLEOSE mandated courses, and many suggested but not required ones, anyone can download the material from their web site. Select "Courses, Surveys, and Reports" from the menu on the left, then "courses" in the main window, then "Instructor outlines" in the window again and a list of the material will appear. You can download either PDF or Word versions of most courses. Course 3232, Special Investigative Topics, is the closest TCLEOSE has to a mandatory legal update class.

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Well, just to give you guys an idea on ho wlong it will take for the police to know, there are only a few classes that have gone out yet. I almost always write one based on taking the two law books (Lexis-Nexis Criminal and traffic Guides - use to be Gould's version) and writing up a class on the differences. I have no tyet received my copy of the new law book (subscription order) or seen one. I just checked and the Lexis web site says they are finally available, so I will be calling them soon.

But if I take two weeks going through the book, it means I cannot start training officers until mid September at least. One of the flaws in our training system has always been getting the new laws out. TCLEOSE did not release their class updates until January, and some officers were still taking the TCLEOSE course with last session's updates this July. I don't know if TCLEOSE will even do an updates class now since the law on required police training was also changed (I think it went through as part of the DPS bill).