Among a number of new laws taking effect on Jan. 1 is a law handing control of local law enforcement budgets over to county residents in Texas. Authored by state Sen. Joan Huffman the new law requires any reduction to the budgets of local law enforcement agencies (meaning county sheriff’s...
Advocates emphasized that those in favor of “defunding” the police are really pushing to reallocate tax dollars directed towards armed law enforcement toward other forms of public safety.
Katya Ehresmann, an organizer with Common Cause Texas, said that although the bill appears to increase democratic control of local police budgets, that isn’t the reality on the ground. But given the slew of restrictive voting measures Texas lawmakers passed this year, Ehresmann said, the measure may in effect deprive voters of a say in their local police and sheriff’s budgets.
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