$150 million in funding could be cut or reallocated.
The Austin City Council voted unanimously last month to take away up tofrom the police department’s budget, moving many services away from the police department to other areas of city government, while bringing a $20 million immediate cut to the police department’s budget.
Abbott and other top Republicans in the state were outraged by the move, which the governor said put “residents in danger and invites lawlessness" in the state’s rapidly-growing capital city.for any Texas city that makes any funding cut whatsoever to its police department, cutting off a critical funding source for local governments.“Austin is the safest big city in Texas and one of the safest in the country.
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