Austin, Dallas and other cities refund police cuts

 Daily Wire:

Cities across the country are refunding police departments after nationwide “Defund the Police” movements last year led to law enforcement funding cuts.

Austin, Texas, was one of the main cities that took measures to shift or cut its funding last year.

As reported by the Austin American-Statesman, last year, the “City Council cut or reallocated a higher percentage of money from the police budget than any of nearly two dozen other cities nationally that significantly altered law enforcement funding at the time.”

The outlet also added that after a law was passed earlier this year in Texas, “in the 2021-22 budget, council members were forced to restore funding to the Police Department budget, which is at its highest ever at $442 million. The council also funded at least two cadet classes but said the department could do a third if it finds money in its budget.”

The Oakland City Council voted in approval of adding another police academy after previously approving fewer academies.
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Dallas, Texas, was also affected and saw a shift in messaging when Mayor Eric Johnson said in July that the city needs more police officers.

In a written piece, he stated: “Dallas needs a more robust community policing effort to fight violent crime and strengthen neighborhoods. And to get there, the city needs to hire more police officers. There is no question about it.”
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These cities all made the mistake of listening to the anti-police kooks of BLM.  The organization rose to prominence by demonstratio=ng and rioting after criminals resisting arrest were shot by the police.  They have never protested black-on-black crime which is responsible for most murders in US cities.