Voters overwhelmingly supported civilian oversight of Austin police. Proposition B, which would have curtailed citizen oversight, was voted down by 80% of voters.
in Austin. They are, on paper, the same — save for one prepositional clause. Prop A was backed by Equity Action, a progressive-leaning criminal justice nonprofit. Prop B was backed by Voters for Oversight and Police Accountability, a group that was financially backed by the city's police union, the Austin Police Association.
Prop B's supporters say the oversight structure in Prop A is too expansive and, if implemented, would open the city up to a lawsuit. "This deeply felt conversation about public safety and policing in our community has raised a lot of challenging questions and absolutely no easy answers," he said."But we'll keep talking in the hope of finding some common-sense solutions that serve all our community."could invalidate the provisions in Prop A. He also noted some provisions within the measure — namely, expanded access to officers' personnel files — could be a non-starter for the police union.
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