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Austin residents decry police staffing shortages and response time delays following department defunding

Austin residents decry police staffing shortages and response time delays following department defunding

March 17, 2024

Following the impact of the Austin City Council’s decision to defund the police department in 2020, residents of Austin, Texas, are voicing their outrage over staffing shortages and prolonged 9-1-1 […] Read More

Police department returns to small village in New Mexico after all its officers quit three years ago

Police department returns to small village in New Mexico after all its officers quit three years ago

April 26, 2023

After a hiatus of three years, the small village of Questa in northern New Mexico will have a police department again. The Questa Police Department was finally set to reopen […] Read More

Police departments still shrinking despite failure to defund police, study finds

Police departments still shrinking despite failure to defund police, study finds

April 7, 2023

A recently published criminology study has revealed that police departments nationwide are still shrinking, despite the failed attempt to defund traditional police in major cities following the George Floyd protests. […] Read More

Kansas City offers $5,000 signing bonuses to 9-1-1 dispatchers to combat staffing shortage

Kansas City offers $5,000 signing bonuses to 9-1-1 dispatchers to combat staffing shortage

January 9, 2023

Kansas City’s Mayor Quinton Lucas recently announced that his administration will offer $5,000 signing bonuses to 9-1-1 dispatchers in an effort to combat staffing shortages in the department. According to […] Read More

San Jose police union cites low morale and heavy workload as factors in contract negotiation

San Jose police union cites low morale and heavy workload as factors in contract negotiation

August 17, 2022

The union representing officers of the San Jose Police Department in Northern California recently reported that low morale and heavy workload conditions are causing one in five officers to consider […] Read More

Justice Department probe to investigate law enforcement response to Uvalde mass shooting

Justice Department probe to investigate law enforcement response to Uvalde mass shooting

June 3, 2022

The U.S. Justice Department recently announced that they would investigate law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting at the school in Uvalde, Texas, after mounting criticism from the public. DOJ […] Read More

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