The City of Austin wants to remove police oversight from the contract process, however, the Austin Police Association wants it to stay.
The City of Austin wants to remove police oversight from the contract process, however, the union wants it to stayLabor contract negotiations between the Austin Police Association and City of Austin came to an impasse due to a disagreement over police oversight Thursday.
"If you make it where its anti-police activists that are part of the oversight, then you will need an oversight over the oversight… How are we going to recruit officers or retain them when they are giving the perception that they are antagonistic toward the police?" said Cleo Petricek of public Safety PAC Save Austin Now.
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