Buda Police Department

Buda Police Chief Bo Kidd takes home the trophy for not laughing once through numerous terrible jokes on June 15.

— Currently, the Buda Police Department is the only law enforcement agency in Hays County that does not have at least one victim assistance position, which would provide a high level of service to victims of crime in Buda. A grant could soon change that.

— In a discussion of Proposition F — a measure approved by voters regarding a police oversight committee — city of Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell showed a presentation on Tuesday, March 7 regarding the police department budget, analyzing spending habits and an increasing trend of overtime pay in an effort to emphasize the need for transparency.

BUDA — Racial profiling in law enforcement is a discriminatory practice by officials who target individuals on suspicion of a crime based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national origin.