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| VIDEO: Austin Defunded Police, Now Voters Will Decide if City Needs More Cops |
| 2021-11-02 |
| [Breitbart] In August, the council, feeling pressure from an increase in violent crime and a state law penalizing cities that defund their police, reversed course when it came to the cuts and approved a substantial increase in law enforcement funding. “But activists at Save Austin Now think it’s too little, too late. They successfully worked to put a referendum, Proposition A, on the ballot, with a special election set for Tuesday,” the Fox report said. It would require the city to keep two officers per 1,000 residents, promote more training, and offer incentives to recruit police officers who speak more languages. “People here locally do not want to fund defund-the-police efforts. They do not want to defund the police,” Save Austin Now cofounder Matt Mackowiak, a Republican activist, told the outlet. In May, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced he would sign a bill barring cities from defunding their police departments. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 So let the democratic process run. On the surface I dont see an issue with asking the taxpayers for increased funding for manpower. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-11-02 11:56 |