{"id":84587,"date":"2022-08-17T09:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=84587"},"modified":"2022-08-17T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:12:46","slug":"84587","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=84587","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/p\/g\/GCbJTk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Greg Abbott deploys Chuck Norris to help stop the next school shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Texas is turning to Chuck Norris to help stop the next school shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">With school restarting around the state, Gov. Greg Abbott is touting a safety program that calls on parents, teachers and students to report suspicious activity on the state\u2019s iWatch website.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\">\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">To promote the reporting system, Abbott has tapped 82-year-old former action movie star Chuck Norris to star in new public service announcements promoting the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">\u201cParents, teachers, and students deserve to feel safe and secure returning to school this fall, and who better to help spread the message about the iWatchTexas reporting system than \u2018Texas Ranger\u2019 Chuck Norris?\u201d Abbott said in a statement to the media on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Norris was the star of the television series <em>Walker Texas Ranger<\/em> which ran from 1993 to 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">In the new PSAs, Norris says he loves bringing bad guys to justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">\u201cBut law enforcement can\u2019t stop the bad guys if they don\u2019t know who they are,\u201d he says. \u201cThat\u2019s why I wanted to tell you about iWatch, a website, phone app and service that allows Texans to report suspicious activity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">The iWatch system has been in place for several years, but Abbott in June called for ramping up awareness of the system after the Uvalde shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Like other Texas Republicans, Abbott has\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/texas-republicans-gun-control-uvalde-17215626.php\" data-pf_style_display=\"inline\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">rejected calls from the left for more gun control measures<\/span><\/a><span class=\"text-node\">, saying they are not the solution to mass shootings, instead focusing on mental health resources and school security measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"article--content-inline\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">The new website is:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwatchtx.org\/\" data-pf_style_display=\"inline\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">https:\/\/iwatchtx.org<\/span><\/a><span class=\"text-node\">\u00a0or people can call the state\u2019s hotline, 844-643-2251.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"added-to-list1 pf-delete\" data-pf_style_display=\"block\" data-pf_style_visibility=\"visible\"><span class=\"text-node\">Abbott said it is part of a laundry list of steps he\u2019s taken since the Uvalde school shooting where 19 children and two teachers were killed in May. Abbott said he\u2019s ordered comprehensive school safety reviews of all Texas public schools, more training of school-based police and the creation of a new Chief of School Safety and Security position within the Texas Education Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Greg Abbott deploys Chuck Norris to help stop the next school shooting Texas is turning to Chuck Norris to help stop the next school shooting. With school restarting around the state, Gov. 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