Austin voters could force city to boost police spending after budget cuts
A November vote on whether Austin should hire hundreds of new police officers is shaping up as a test of Austinites’ appetite for police reform.
Source: texastribune.org
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A November vote on whether Austin should hire hundreds of new police officers is shaping up as a test of Austinites’ appetite for police reform.
Austin’s seemingly small referendum has become an off-year-election fight about policing in America.