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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed on Tuesday to defund cities that restrict law enforcement funding and expressed interest in signing a bill into law that would make it more difficult for localities to limit police budgets in the Lone Star State.
The legislation, which passed the Senate but was delayed in the House on Monday, would require cities and municipalities to hold elections if it s deemed necessary to reduce officer funding. The bill would also allow the criminal justice division of the governor s office to prohibit cities that violate the law from adopting a tax rate for the subsequent municipal or county fiscal year that exceeds the municipality s or county s tax rate on the date of the violation.
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A former GOP leader in Texas supports her governor s plan to defund Texas cities that defund their police departments.
Governor Greg Abbott (R) intends to sign a bill that s designed to deter cities in the Lone Star State from defunding their police departments. The governor made his decision following a complaint from Kenneth Casaday, the president of the Austin Police Association, who was critical of the response time to a shooting early Sunday morning. Casaday s tweet summarized the situation: Shooting call came out at 5:35am this morning. No units available city wide for 12 minutes. First APD patrol unit assigned at 5:47am. APD made scene at 5:51am, 16 minutes after the call came out. Victim critically injured after being shot in the head.