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San Antonio to #txlege: Fix the 180-day rule, stop arbitrators from overturning police firings, and make police-disciplinary records public

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The San Antonio City Council added some police-reform-oriented items to the Alamo City's 2021 legislative agenda, reported the Express News' Joshua Fechter. Here are some of the items approved by the mayor and council:Change the 180 day rule to prohibit discipline 180 days after it's been discovered rather than when it occurred. This rule ended up prohibiting the department from firing a San Antonio officer who fed a literal "shit sandwich" to a homeless man.Make all disciplinary records for officers public, just like at the Sheriff and in non-civil service cities.Prevent "arbitrators from weighing in on officers? discipline. Since 2010, arbitrators have returned 10 officers to the force after McManus fired them on misconduct grounds."Further, "San Antonio officials plan to oppose any measure that would prevent the city from determining how much it spends on police...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 03, 2020 (boomark / email).