[TheTexan] In a 68 percent to 32 percent result, Austin voters rejected a proposition that would have set a minimum staffing level for its police department of two officers per 1,000 residents...
Had it passed, Prop A would have:
- Mandate a minimum staffing level within the Austin Police Department (APD) of two officers per 1,000 residents
- Establish a minimum 35 percent community response time standard
- Require 40 additional hours of training
- Oblige the mayor, city council, and city staff to enroll in the Citizens Police Academy
- Facilitate minority officer hiring through foreign language proficiency metrics
[early theory is that voters may have thought this too expensive - also there was a lot of negative advertising sponsored by the usual lefties]
They voted for it, let 'em live with it. |