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Why are you such an argumentative prìck?
Posted on: September 23, 2021 at 21:29:42 CT
Tigrrrr! MU
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"Austin City Council voted in August 2020 to cut up to $150 million from its police department budget – a little more than a third of its total budget – and reinvest that money into other public services."
"The department was partially refunded earlier this year, but not all of the units that were cut came back and the funding has yet to kick in. Consequently, the remaining officers have been spread thin.
Austin Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly (District 6) has blamed the staffing crisis on "the previous council’s disastrous actions to reimagine public safety."
"The officers today are overworked and continue to be short-staffed which leads to increased response times across the city. We need to add additional funding to immediately correct this failure for the safety of our city," she said."
" Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday told Fox News that APD has gone nearly two years without a police academy and does not have enough patrol officers to respond to non-emergency calls.
"Probably about 95% of the time our shifts don’t meet minimum staffing … and that is the reason they’ve started cutting back on what types of calls are answered," Casaday said."
"The department was partially refunded earlier this year, but not all of the units that were cut came back and the funding has yet to kick in. Consequently, the remaining officers have been spread thin.
Austin Councilmember Mackenzie Kelly (District 6) has blamed the staffing crisis on "the previous council’s disastrous actions to reimagine public safety."
"The officers today are overworked and continue to be short-staffed which leads to increased response times across the city. We need to add additional funding to immediately correct this failure for the safety of our city," she said."
" Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday told Fox News that APD has gone nearly two years without a police academy and does not have enough patrol officers to respond to non-emergency calls.
"Probably about 95% of the time our shifts don’t meet minimum staffing … and that is the reason they’ve started cutting back on what types of calls are answered," Casaday said."
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Why are you such an argumentative prìck? - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/23 21:29:42