To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets

Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:12PM (#23420579)

Police chiefs are also elected.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by anigbrowl on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:25PM (#23420708)

You are confusing police chiefs with county sheriffs.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:34PM (#23420801)

I am not. It's not universal, but many municipalities have an elected police chief.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by anigbrowl on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:05PM (#23421123)

Overall, it seems less common than you aver. What percentage of cities do you think have elected police chiefs?

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by jeffbee on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:20PM (#23420665)

Name any US jurisdiction with an elected chief of police.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by tzs on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:35PM (#23420811)

San Angelo, Texas.

It used to be more common, but most places switched to appointment by the mayor or city council or city manager. Now it is mostly just a handful of scattered cities in a few states, with the exception of Louisiana where I believe they are still mostly elected.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:34PM (#23420799)

The city I live in, Santa Clara, has an elected police chief. It's common, though not universal.

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