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Sentencing Law and Policy: A New Generation of Prosecutors Is Leading the Charge to Reimagine Public Safety
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A bill from Rep. Houston Gaines to ban defund the police efforts will not hinder efforts to rethink public safety in Athens, commissioners say.
Gaines’s bill passed the Georgia legislature and is on its way to the governor’s desk awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature. This legislation would ban local governments from reducing a police department s budget by more than 5% in a one-year period.
Exceptions to this include police departments with less than 25 officers or if revenue falls more than 5%.
Gaines’s district includes Athens, a city that he specifically cited as causing a need for this legislation. In 2020, Commissioners Mariah Parker and Tim Denson advocated for a plan to reduce the Athens-Clarke County Police Department by 50% over 10 years, known as the 50/10 Plan to Reimagine Public Safety.