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Abrignac Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 12:30 AM EST
Joined: 02-24-2012
Posts: 17,306
So Austin City council votes to strip funding from police budget. Now they don’t have enough officers to run 9-1-1 calls because apparently all but two officers left on duty are busy guarding the city council.
danmdevries Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 5:13 AM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,423
Village of Dolton by me hasn't been paying the car note on their cruisers, bank called them on the debt.

https://wgntv.com/dolton/unpaid-loans-could-lead-to-dolton-police-vehicle-repossessions/

This is more Crook County IL corruption and greed. Same as its ever been
HockeyDad Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 8:15 AM EST
Joined: 09-20-2000
Posts: 46,156
Austin tried the California experiment. It is going as expected.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 8:25 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,489
Ah yeah...the lil' "blueberry" of Texas.

Soros wants to flip the state so damned bad.
Mr. Jones Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 12:38 PM EST
Joined: 06-12-2005
Posts: 19,434
Sooooo, the BIG CITY...and I mean a very decent size, with a couple colleges/ universities? With AUSTIN CITY LIMITS / PBS MUSIC show?

Has NO police city budget?

That is crazy!!!

WTF?

How about the suburbs around it?
HockeyDad Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Feb 21 2024, 2:08 PM EST
Joined: 09-20-2000
Posts: 46,156
Suburbs are always fine!

Austin defunded the police when it was cool to do so. Cut the budget by 1/3. Things went downhill.

They’ve restored the budget but it hasn’t stopped departures and retirements. People don’t want to be a cop when a decent percentage of the political base hate cops. I think the police are still working without a contract there due to anti-police ballot measures coming in the fall.

The new city slogan is “Keep Austin Oakland!”
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