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Austin 'at the brink of disaster' as police shortages hit crisis level: 'God help us all'
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Austin 'at the brink of disaster' as police shortages hit crisis level: 'God help us all'
A portion of the Texas city was left without a single police officer for a couple of hours in February
By Elizabeth Heckman Fox News
Published March 3, 2024 5:00am EST
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 department in 2020.
In February, a section of the city was notably left without a single police officer for a few hours on a Saturday due to the ongoing shortages.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock, who called attention to the vacancy on X, told Fox News Digital that a steady decline in public safety has put the city on the "brink of disaster."
"Previous councils and leadership have actively worked against our officers and department, which has now put us in a free-falling staffing crisis," Bullock warned. "Twice now we’ve had our contract voted down or it has been allowed to expire. Each year since 2017, we’ve lost more officers than we’ve hired. We had to gut our specialized units and force detectives to work backfill on patrol just to try and respond to 911 calls."
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libertybele:
Such a crying shame; TX was once so conservative ... now a city on the brink of disaster. This is absolutely horrible!! 8888crybaby
Bigun:
--- Quote from: libertybele on March 03, 2024, 02:22:09 pm ---Such a crying shame; TX was once so conservative ... now a city on the brink of disaster. This is absolutely horrible!! 8888crybaby
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Texas still is conservative but Austin never has been. Maybe the idiots on city council there should have thought through their actions in years past better.
Wingnut:
--- Quote from: Bigun on March 03, 2024, 02:49:23 pm ---Texas still is conservative but Austin never has been. Maybe the idiots on city council there should have thought through their actions in years past better.
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Travis County has been a liberal shithole for a long time. The whole "Keep Austin Weird" was cute for a time. But now it is just a joke.
Bigun:
--- Quote from: Wingnut on March 03, 2024, 03:03:17 pm ---Travis County has been a liberal shithole for a long time. The whole "Keep Austin Weird" was cute for a time. But now it is just a joke.
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