Austin Retired Officers Association President Dennis Farris joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how the lack of support from city officials is triggering a mass officer exodus.
Austin Retired Officers Association's Dennis Farris on the police department struggling to keep officers as the city fails to offer support for policeone week amid a contract dispute with the city council.
Austin Retired Officers Association President Dennis Farris warned the department is in"dire straits" on""It's not only about the money. It's about the respect and the lack of respect they're getting from this city council, less one council member," Farris said.
That move is believed by many to be due to intense pressure from anti-police activists in the city who look to hold off a long term deal until after voters decide on competing"The police department really is in dire straits," Farris warned of the staffing shortage."There are shifts that are going out every day understaffed, sometimes just one officer and a sergeant, and sometimes just the sergeant showing up.
"Both sides have to want to go to the table and negotiate, and the Police Association's view on this is they have a contract that needs to be voted on. It was a contract agreed to by the city's negotiators and the bargaining team from the Police Association. It's out there and they either need to vote it up or vote it down before they can go and do anything else," Farris said. Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant with Fox News.
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