by Daryl Slusher | Mar 31, 2021 | Police
On March 25 the Austin City Council moved a step closer to authorizing a new police cadet class beginning June 7 — after over a year without a cadet class. The vote was eight to one with two Council Members abstaining. Council Member Greg Casar voted no while Mayor...
by Daryl Slusher | Mar 25, 2021 | Police
Among other items, today’s Austin City Council agenda features a choice on whether the Council will approve a police cadet class beginning in June. Last summer the Council zeroed out the budget for new cadet classes at the Austin Police Academy, the training...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 16, 2020 | Police
by Daryl Slusher A majority of the Dallas City Council last week voted to cut their city’s police budget, joining Austin on Governor Greg Abbott’s wayward City Councils list. This was a preliminary budget vote. The Dallas Council votes on the final budget...
by Daryl Slusher | Sep 8, 2020 | Police, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Well, a lot of people beat me to commenting on the Trump Flotilla on Lake Travis this weekend. That’s the one where supporters of Donald Trump gathered on Lake Travis to show support for Trump’s reelection campaign. This was one of several...
by Daryl Slusher | Aug 25, 2020 | Police, True Stories
by Daryl Slusher Governor Greg Abbott and members of the Austin City Council are squabbling again. This time it’s over the Austin Police Department (APD) budget passed by the Council on August 13. Both are accusing the other of playing politics with public safety....
