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Austin police officer shortage forces downsizing at 14 APD departments
KXAN ^ | 05/21/2001 | Wes Wilson, Jaclyn Ramkissoon

Posted on 05/21/2021 4:33:28 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

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Why no new cadet classes? Defund the police, of course.
1 posted on 05/21/2021 4:33:28 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Nobody showing up for a thankless job where your life is on the line - always.


2 posted on 05/21/2021 4:34:49 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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Next year, 2022, is the year of Soylent Green.


3 posted on 05/21/2021 4:36:20 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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I think the Austin police were defunded just as it’s most racially diverse cadet class was graduating 🤦🏻‍♀️

Silver lining: Austin residents came out in droves to vote out homeless encampments. I have a feeling they’d be in support of police now too.

4 posted on 05/21/2021 4:36:49 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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Happening in leftist cities all over. Last night the Seattle chief said he could respond to 911 calls or protect jurors at the county court house. But he does not have enough officers to do both.


5 posted on 05/21/2021 4:37:11 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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Gods upset with this nation...lawlessness will increase.


6 posted on 05/21/2021 4:37:16 PM PDT by caww ( )
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they'll just yank-em out of the white areas...
7 posted on 05/21/2021 4:38:37 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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If I could be blunt, you’d have to be a mental case to want to be a cop nowadays. Of course, some people can’t get enough abuse and seem to thrive on pain, misery and working for leftist misfits.


8 posted on 05/21/2021 4:40:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“I think the Austin police were defunded just as it’s most racially diverse cadet class was graduating “

That is correct.


9 posted on 05/21/2021 4:40:24 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (Localization, not Globalization)
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Why would a Peoples’ Republic need ANY PoPo in their Utopia?


10 posted on 05/21/2021 4:42:47 PM PDT by Paladin2 (2 mi. on each side.)
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It’s a lot more than just defunding the cops.

It’s about 2 generations of pajama boys and boys that do nothing but play video games. Neither are capable of that job.


11 posted on 05/21/2021 4:43:38 PM PDT by qaz123
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They did vote them out but they’re slow going........I was there recently and the tent cities were very visible
They even get garbage pickup


12 posted on 05/21/2021 4:43:42 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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-- Last night the Seattle chief said he could respond to 911 calls or protect jurors at the county court house. But he does not have enough officers to do both. --

That's suare up as the trial backlog goes away. Protect the jurors, then when the trial run out he can defund even more police.

No arrests, no indictments, no trials - great cost saving, get rid of the judges too.

13 posted on 05/21/2021 4:45:44 PM PDT by Cboldt
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But that’s just it.

They hate the cops. But need them. But want them to do the job the way they want. Not the way the cops need to.

It’s just like am that creature on a city council, Minneapolis I think, that voted to defund the police but called 911 after getting into an argument with an Uber driver.

Can’t have it both ways


14 posted on 05/21/2021 4:46:08 PM PDT by qaz123
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-- ... you'd have to be a mental case to want to be a cop nowadays. --

Unless you enjoy being a bad cop, flying monkey sort. You know, do the bidding of your liberal overlords. some people, psychopaths especially, gravitate to position of power. Cop is a position of power. It's a fraternity where the good ones don't rat out the bad ones - snitches get stitches.

15 posted on 05/21/2021 4:49:05 PM PDT by Cboldt
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Canceled cadet class would have been Austin Police Department’s most diverse group ever, APA says

headline from Aug 18, 2020 by the same source

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3875538/posts


16 posted on 05/21/2021 4:52:38 PM PDT by posterchild
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............having a daughter, a son, a grandson and countless friends inside the Austin City Limits this article is not funny to me.....

I think the State of Texas should declare Travis County the Capitol District and just take over Travis County government and the Austin Police Department. Liberals have irreparably cancerized both!


17 posted on 05/21/2021 4:53:15 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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Reading the article, I see that perps can now steal cars, drive them drunk, while running traffic lights.


18 posted on 05/21/2021 4:56:47 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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I have a feeling they'd be in support of police now too.

Why?

Considering that the Austin police picks favorites and does not defend innocent people or arrest the guilty why should they support them?

19 posted on 05/21/2021 4:57:11 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.))
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There is no shortage of that flying monkey type of person.


20 posted on 05/21/2021 5:01:32 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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