By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday requested that state lawmakers convene committees to examine school safety, mental health and police training in the wake of last week’s school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. Abbott in a joint letter asked fellow Republicans Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and state House Speaker Dade Phelan to form special committees that would make recommendations to the state legislature and his office in the hopes of preventing a repetition of the school shooting in Uvalde, which is about 80 miles west of San Antonio…