Amid ‘Defund the Police,’ Austin Police Chief Announces Retirement

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard by Jacob Asmussen February 12, 2021

The Democrat-run city hall recently slashed the police department’s budget by one-third.

Only a few months after the local police department took a $150 million hit, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley is stepping down.

On Friday, Manley announced his retirement after 30 years in the department. He originally began as a rookie in 1991 and worked his way up to chief in 2018.

Manley’s retirement comes amid intensifying chaos regarding police; last year, the Democrat-run Austin City Council defunded the city’s police department by one-third, diverting the $150 million to other city projects such as buying multimillion-dollar hotels for homeless individuals.

Manley was once hailed a hero by city hall in 2018 after he led the effort to stop a serial bomber in the city, but council members eventually turned on him. He clashed with the council’s far-left agenda in 2019, when he called for them to reverse a harmful and contentious homelessness camping policy.

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[PeteS in CA]

Even if reality forces restoration of the budget, the police-haters in the city council (and mayor's office?) will still be there, finding other ways to attack police. What police officer needs that?!