To fund or defund? – Proposition A in Austin, TX and the urban …
Jun 1, 2024 · The focus of the research presented here will examine Proposition A in Austin, which was unique among the national “defund” movement, because it proposed to increase …
Council Approves $218 Million Police Contract ... - The Austin …
Oct 25, 2024 · That is that, in 2020, council “defunded” the Austin Police Department and that council members since then have refused to appropriately invest in the city’s police force.
Austin police department in crisis amid shortages, 'defund the police ...
Mar 3, 2024 · The city of Austin, Texas is facing massive repercussions following the disastrous "defund the police" movement of 2020. The Austin Police Department is dealing with a …
Texas city defunded the police... now they have a murder problem
Nov 18, 2024 · Austin currently has a police shortfall of nearly 500 cops after city council defunded the police department in 2020, only to return the money after they learned the state …
Austin 'at the brink of disaster' as police shortages hit crisis level ...
Mar 3, 2024 · Austin, Texas residents are expressing outrage over police staffing shortages and longer 911-call response times in the aftermath of the city council's vote to defund the …
Police Defunder Requests Increased Patrols - Texas Scorecard
Dec 21, 2023 · U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, who previously served a decade on the Austin City Council, recently requested additional patrols in his neighborhood. The Austin Police Retired …
‘God help us all’: Police union chief says Austin on ‘brink of …
Mar 3, 2024 · According to Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock, The City of Legends is on the “brink of disaster” thanks to a 2020 decision to defund the police department.
Listen: Austin Mayor Steve Adler Says His City Has Not …
Sep 10, 2020 · Austin Mayor Steve Adler told Texas Standard that he doesn’t support defunding the police, but he also doesn’t believe that’s what the city of Austin has done. “I think the …
Critics say the movement to defund the police failed. But Austin …
Though the success stories of the defund movement are not always clear, the groups behind it say they helped move the needle forward in sparking conversations about city priorities and …
Did Austin ‘defund’ the police? Here are the numbers.
Dec 13, 2020 · This brings us back to the question we started with: Did the City of Austin “defund” the police? In short, no, it did not “defund” the police, apart from a 5 percent budget cut.