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2021-11-04 Home Front: Politix

Prop A in Austin that would have required more police +++ is defeated

[TheTexan] In a 68 percent to 32 percent result, Austin voters rejected a proposition that would have set a minimum staffing level for its police department of two officers per 1,000 residents...

Had it passed, Prop A would have:

Mandate a minimum staffing level within the Austin Police Department (APD) of two officers per 1,000 residents

Establish a minimum 35 percent community response time standard

Require 40 additional hours of training

Oblige the mayor, city council, and city staff to enroll in the Citizens Police Academy

Facilitate minority officer hiring through foreign language proficiency metrics

[early theory is that voters may have thought this too expensive - also there was a lot of negative advertising sponsored by the usual lefties]
They voted for it, let 'em live with it.

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Oblige the mayor, city council, and city staff to enroll in the Citizens Police Academy

Maybe they would be disqualified.

Austin Police Department
Citizen Police Academy Disqualifiers

Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-04 00:09|| 2021-11-04 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Libertarian shitheads ride again

#KeepAustinStupid

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-04 01:26|| 2021-11-04 01:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It's Austin, the cesspool of Texas. What did you expect?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2021-11-04 07:19|| 2021-11-04 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4

Looking over the list.

A few of the items have been Liberal demands we have seen. So did the Lib's also shoot themselves in the butt?

Posted by NN2N1 2021-11-04 07:21|| 2021-11-04 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Meanwhile, in Tampa, that dastardly character Gun Violence is on the loose again:
St. Petersburg boxing match where shooting occurred was meant to address gun violence

Tip: When you address Gun Violence, be sure to call him 'Sir'

All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover
All the men just call him 'Sir'

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-04 08:55|| 2021-11-04 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 They'll get what they voted for, one way or another.

Posted by Crusader 2021-11-04 10:13|| 2021-11-04 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps if those on the losing side voted with their feet...

Posted by Crusader 2021-11-04 10:13|| 2021-11-04 10:13|| Front Page Top

#8 [event] where shooting occurred was meant to address gun violence

I'd chalk that up to irony, but it happens at such events all too often and I think Junius missed that word on the vocabulary test. Hell, Junius missed that whole grade...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-04 10:37|| 2021-11-04 10:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Berkeley on the Brazos PD, those rules for the citizens academy allow for discrimination against anyone they find politically incorrect.
More proof that LE needs to be made the exclusive business of County Sheriff's, not PD. The Sheriff is elected, and had to consider the political impact of policies and performance. The Chief, is appointed by the City and holds his job at sufferance. Cui bono?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-11-04 14:17|| 2021-11-04 14:17|| Front Page Top

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