TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with more than a dozen East Texas sheriffs in Tyler Thursday to discuss public safety."It's great to be back in East Texas," Abbott said.

"We have a common goal, and that's to make sure that our state is going to be a law and order state, a state that's going to be very safe."Abbott was joined by Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith, Lamar County Sheriff Scott Cass, State Reps.

Daniel Alders and Cole Hefner, and sheriffs from surrounding counties."Texas is a law-and-order state, and the men and women who wear the badge represent the very best of who we are as Texans," Abbott said.