tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4609371483615429727..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Manley: "Oh, no! I have the same number of officers I did yesterday! Must make radical cuts to popular units to maintain patrol at current levels"Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-5896833099385268072020-08-30T12:42:48.521-05:002020-08-30T12:42:48.521-05:00This is what can happen when you have a city manag...This is what can happen when you have a city manager form of government like Austin. The elected officials have authority over the city manager but he runs the city. Council can't interfere with the city manager's decisions on things like personnel -- i.e. the police chief.<br /><br />As for budget cuts, if things like the 911 dispatchers and crime lab are out of the police department, the police department doesn't need the money to pay for them. When Houston took the lab out of the police department and set up a separate agency, I don't think the police department kept the money to operate the lab.<br />What apparently is happening is the city council is reorganizing the police department and if the only budget the cops are taking is for loss of a police cadet class, they should have more money in the budget for fewer responsibilities and employees.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422756686976294550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52373638867589006462020-08-30T12:32:22.275-05:002020-08-30T12:32:22.275-05:00Accountability, keystone of good governance.Accountability, keystone of good governance.quashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803642435592577915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71238970941763648292020-08-30T11:41:30.109-05:002020-08-30T11:41:30.109-05:00If Scott Manley is going to keep publicly masturba...If Scott Manley is going to keep publicly masturbating like this, can we put him on the sex offender registry?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-48583738456990972412020-08-30T11:21:34.392-05:002020-08-30T11:21:34.392-05:00It really befuddles me how useless the City Counci...It really befuddles me how useless the City Council is in dealing with this issue. A majority of elected Democrats / Liberals on the council and they cant seem to reign this guy in or hold him to account for the behavior of the cops during the protests. Its almost like a learned helplessness and makes me wonder what exactly is the point of electing them?<br /><br />Manly should have been reprimanded when he refused the CC's directive to ticket rather than arrest low level cannabis possession (if memory serves). He should have been demoted / fired after the outrageous actions of the police during the protests.Bad Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437472739202796443noreply@blogger.com