“Throughout 2018, the city engaged in a
process to "reimagine police oversight". This
reimagining process further damaged morale
as officers felt like they had no say in how
these oversight processes were going to play
out.”
[Which resulted in a] $150million cut [of the
police budget] representing a third of the
police force's budget - by far the largest
proportion of any American city which
slashed funding after the BLM riots.
Even after the city came to its senses and
restored the money years later, the damage had
already been done, and few wanted to join a
police force in Austin where the prosecutors
were not going to back them up and police and
911 operators are always overwhelmed with too
many crimes.
911 operators in LA, Chicago and Minneapolis are
likewise placing callers on hold.
-- Daily Mail
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