WacoTrib by AARON CROWELL 1/15/2019
A critical concern for law enforcement that sometimes goes unvoiced is officer benefits. We ask that lawmakers and city leaders across Texas keep the promises made to the men and women who protect our communities 24/7, 365 days a year, by protecting our benefits. Financial security is a small part of the overall sacrifice police officers make, but the importance of protecting pension benefits cannot be overstated. Otherwise, veteran officers will continue to leave our profession and leave our streets patrolled by fewer and less experienced officers.
Ensuring the law continues to side with the innocent and law-abiding, rather than the guilty and corrupt, is also critical to our success. It is in this spirit that
we oppose reductions in arrest authority for Class C misdemeanors.
Furthermore,
we oppose the current movement to end asset forfeiture. This only helps the drug cartels exploiting our porous border and wreaking carnage in our cities. It is clear that the asset-forfeiture law that allows law enforcement to seize the vehicles and other property of criminal drug gangs reduces crime in our cities.
More:
https://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/columns/guest_columns/aaron-crowell-guest-columnist-what-police-want-of-our-state/article_cef60618-4dbe-50a4-9554-0346a4911ea3.html