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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.201 — Definitions
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 18A: DETECTION, INTERCEPTION, AND USE OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.201
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
In this subchapter: (1) "Immediate life-threatening situation" means a hostage, barricade, or other emergency situation in which a person unlawfully and directly: (A) threatens another with death; or (B) exposes another to a substantial risk of serious bodily injury. (2) "Member of a law enforcement unit specially trained to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations" means a peace officer who, as evidenced by the submission of appropriate documentation to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: (A) receives each year a minimum of 40 hours of training in hostage and barricade suspect situations; or (B) has received a minimum of 24 hours of training on kidnapping investigations and is: (i) the sheriff of a county with a population of 3.3 million or more or the sheriff's designee; or (ii) the police chief of a police department in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or the chief's designee.
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