Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has officially dropped the hammer on radical-Left Democrats by banning Texas cities from defunding the police.
The governor announced today that the new rules to protect Texas police departments’ budgets have now taken effect before declaring that “we support our law enforcement officers.”
“Texas remains a law-and-order state and we continue to make it abundantly clear that we support our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to keep communities safe,” Gov. Abbott said in a statement.
“My office’s adoption of these new rules will prevent cities from making reckless and downright dangerous decisions to defund the police, ensuring a safer future for Texans all across the Lone Star State.”
Abbott’s office issued a statement that said:
“Governor Greg Abbott today announced the adoption of new Texas Administrative Code rules by the Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office (PSO) to prevent municipalities from defunding their police forces.
“These new pro-law-enforcement requirements, established by House Bill 1900 during the 87th Legislature, were signed into law by the Governor in June 2021.
“The Governor made preventing cities from defunding police an emergency item during the regular session of the 87th Legislature.
“Under House Bill 1900, if the Governor’s PSO determines a city has defunded its police department, the city will be subject to tax rate limitations, lose access to certain tax revenues, and be subject to other budgetary requirements and limitations.
“When the city demonstrates it has reversed the reductions, PSO may reverse its defunding determination and the city will no longer be subject to those limitations, reductions, and requirements—unless it defunds its police again,” the statement said.
Announcing the adoption of new Texas Administrative Code rules that will prevent cities from defunding the police.
Texas will always support our law enforcement officers.https://t.co/EWssneyDHb
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) March 7, 2022
Today is the one-year anniversary of #OperationLoneStar – an unprecedented, comprehensive mission to address the Biden-made crisis at Texas’ southern border. @TxDPS @TxMilitary https://t.co/gc27nMyOEC pic.twitter.com/9v5nyABIlH
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) March 4, 2022
Since the launch of #OperationLoneStar, multi-agency efforts have led to 208,000+ migrant apprehensions & 11,800 charges for criminal offenses—including 9,300+ felony charges.
And in the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 269 million lethal doses throughout the state.
— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) March 4, 2022
