Houston’s police chief invited cops laid off by defunded departments throughout the country to to the city during a police academy graduation ceremony Monday. “People of Houston, they don’t want less policing, they want better policing and well-trained police officers,” Chief Art Acevedo told a crowd that included 44 graduating cadets, according to Fox 26 Houston. As local governments in other parts of the country, like Austin, Texas, have considered cutting budgets and defunding departments to reform police, Acevedo noted Houston’s decision to hire. TRUMP SENDS WARNING TO NYC'S DE BLASIO AFTER ANOTHER BLOODY WEEKEND“I will just say to police officers in Austin, and the good police officers across the country, come to Houston,” Acevedo said. Houston also approved the hiring and training of roughly 400 future new officers, according to Fox 26.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2020 23:15 UTC