in other words, the county is simply tooo cheap to spring for them... priorities, looks like deputies aren't one of them
Posted on 02/16/2018 4:39:16 PM PST by WestTexasWend
Shows how many idiots live in Travis County. They elected this clown. I lived there for several years in the early 90s. It was bad but It wasn’t as bad as it is now.
Your comment makes no sense. It is a state program, not a federal program. It has nothing to do with the county budgeting. No grant was “revoked” — the country had the opportunity to APPLY for a grant to obtain the upgraded vests, but county officials decided not to do so because the libtard sheriff would not comply with the terms of the grant.
Why should deputies have to buy their own body armor to be safer on their dangerous jobs when the stoopid county libtards could have provided the armor with a normal, sensible policy as adopted all over Texas? It seems like you are rationalizing the outrageous misbehavior of the Leftards.
That wasn’t what the article implied.
The implication was they couldn’t afford body armor because the government wouldn’t subsidize it anymore.
You really have not read the article. The Travis County deputies HAVE body armor, but it is not rated rifle resistant (safer against higher velocity rounds).
The state govt offered a NEW program to pay for upgraded “rifle resistant” vests to give a better chance of survival against higher velocity rounds.
No program subsidies were discontinued, and the existing armor for that force still exists. This was about the NEW opportunity to obtain NEW (better) vests, paid for by the state.
Thanks for the explanation. LEOs should request that any miscreants planning to shoot at them to please use low cal. hand guns rather than rifles.
Guilty
They’re trying to minimize it, to make it seem like a remote risk and that it’s not a big deal for the officers to go without the armor. As long as the woman sheriff can stand up against the mean old Patriarchy and hold the line to protect undocumented voters... /sarc
They also didn’t mention that the officers were shot by a Black Lives Matter supporter.
in other words, the county is simply tooo cheap to spring for them... priorities, looks like deputies aren't one of them
Her mom got too close to a bull dog......
City of Phoenix
It’s blue Austin Dems in Travis Co.
My nephew owns a pub restaurant in Austin and I’ve not gone there to visit. He’s not a liberal type, but there are too many in Austin that are!
Looks like a Cabbage Patch Sheriff doll.
not rated rifle resistant (safer against higher velocity rounds).
I don’t think any vest will stop a 30.06, will it?? maybe with 1/2 inch steel plates, but you are not going to be happy afterwards.
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