AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the Austin Police Department reports arise in homicides, Gov. Greg Abbott is taking aim at the City of Austin for what he calls “defunding the police.” In a tweet, Gov. Abbott said, “Austin experiences highest number of homicides in 20 y...
"Overwhelmingly, cities, counties, police departments across the country are not being defunded in any way," Ray said. "In fact, many of them have increased their budgets. Part of the reason why the 'defund the police' narrative has stayed around is because police officers say it and elect...
1) Full transparency of the Toronto Police Services budget, with full disclosure on how and why police budget allocations have been prioritized over mental health, housing, education, recreational, and healthcare resources. 2) An immediate change to use-of-force laws to forbid lethal force, bodil...
We then argue that two mechanisms—the electoral incentives of city politicians to provide jobs and services (what we call allocational politics) and the strength of police unions—explain why the predominant political equilibrium is one with protected police officers as a barrier to reform. We ...
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"Defunding our police departments would invite crime into our communities and put people in danger," reads the pledge. "That is why I pledge to support any measure that discourages or stops efforts to defund police departments in Texas."...
“While we fight this defunding in court, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri will continue serving MO HealthNet patients at no cost to them,” Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, said in ...
When asked at a news conference on Thursday why he vetoed arts funding in the state’s $116.5 billion budget, DeSantis said some of the money was slotted for programming that many taxpayers would find objectionable because of its sexual nature or for other reas...
Why disband police? Disbanding police altogether falls on the more radical end of the police divestment spectrum, but it’s gaining traction. MPD150, a community advocacy organization in Minneapolis, focuses on abolishing local police. Its work has been spotlighted since the death of George Floyd...