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1/4/21
 
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from TPPF,
1/3/21:

What to Know: Just months after defunding its police department and canceling its police cadet classes, Austin is now reversing course—and looking to bring on more cops.

The TPPF Take: As Austin is learning, it takes police officers to reduce crime.

“That’s why ‘defunding the police’ is a dangerous policy,” says TPPF’s Derek Cohen. “The proven principles of community policing say that when officers are familiar faces in the community, crime goes down and compliance goes up.”

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