County urged not to ‘defund police’

By Anita Miller

Law enforcement advocates — many of them the wives of officers — were out in force at the Commissioner Court meeting Tuesday urging the elected official not to “defund police,” some taking aim at the proposed FY 2021 budget.

“It’s time to stand up and take a stand,” said one, who claimed her husband, a deputy with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, drove a patrol vehicle with no lights or siren and 160,000 miles on it and wears an “outdated” bulletproof vest. “We are silent no more. We are here to tell you to stand up and fund law enforcement,” she said.