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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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