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"...make hay from Austin's supposedly controversial and supposedly disastrous de-policing moves last year. If enacted, SB 23 would require..."

"...It's all more woolly-headed than the actual proposals for de-policing from Austin's left, let alone what Council actually did...."

"...Some of the ideas being floated for de-policing Austin and right-sizing APD come with legal and political..."

"...the eyes of both leaders and followers on the de-policing side of Austin's debate, illustrates exactly why we need..."

"...Task Force, feel City Hall's phases and stages of de-policing are already and always half­-measures, taken because Austin's leaders..."

"...seminal book that examines how our society can begin de-policing. Each chapter takes a look at how cities across..."

"...now, City Hall and the activists who pushed for de-policing have to deliver on those promises. They're working to..."

"...hope has been to put Black Lives Matter and de-policing on the ballot, as Gov. Greg Abbott has tried..."

"...A big takeaway of City Hall's unprecedented commitment to de-policing, set forth with the city's fiscal 2021 budget, is..."

"...city leadership uses to describe local efforts to advance de-policing following City Council's vote last year to reallocate some..."

"...think the city should do more now to advance de-policing even with HB 1900 in effect, given that the..."

"...the main reason why Council actually went through with de-policing measures instead of just talking about it like other..."

"...cop-lobby racketeering, and that the best community policing is de-policing that allows qualified and trusted Austinites to take Officer..."

"...popular tactic, as shown this summer by proponents of de-policing who gathered outside the residences of City Manager Spencer..."

"...has made it possible for City Hall to contemplate de-policing on a scale that responds to the public's demands..."

"...loudly, during our summer of protest and pursuit of de-policing: Take the money from the cops and use it..."

"...is mostly an effort to punish Austin for its de-policing efforts, but, in the drafted (but not yet filed)..."

"...next job, likely in a city not on the de-policing bandwagon, will be pleased that he didn't sell his..."

"...merge fire and EMS), which the current focus on de-policing scales up to a whole new level. "What kind..."

"...system, so if you do care about decarceration or de-policing, then you have an opportunity to make a difference..."

"...decade. Relative to other cities, though, Austin's moves toward de-policing and its much-discussed "crisis" in police staffing – the..."

"...their union for her championing of justice reform and de-policing on Council, and at José Garza for securing indictments..."

"...and as they advocate for big policy changes like de-policing and criminal justice reform, immigrant protection, housing and mobility..."

"...choices over the past year of community advocacy for de-policing have not been popular with many justice reformers. Advocates..."

"...This follows from last summer’s de-policing moves by Council, through resolution and in the current..."