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rooster, A more balanced picture - A Year After ‘Defund,’ Police Departments Get Their Money Back

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The barbershop was a site of mourning after its owner was shot and killed two years ago. More recently, it has become a place where police officers hold occasional informal meetings with local residents. On a recent visit, the commander for the area, Deputy Chief Osama Ismail, sat for a trim and a straight-razor shave while Lieutenant Leroy Quigg talked football with a customer.

“They’re trying to close that gap and humanize the department,” Mr. Claiborne said. “It’s something that should have happened decades ago.”

[Insert: Is good to see that while directions of reorganization ebb and flow there is still increased awareness of the need for policing
reform. Our trolls who insist it's a total failure and against the public interest have still not accepted reform has public support.]

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Mr. Bazaldua faced several challengers for his re-election earlier this year, including one backed by the mayor, who thought his stance on police funding made him vulnerable. The police union even took out a billboard by the exit to his home, Mr. Bazaldua said, warning that he had “voted to defund our police.”

But the politics of policing in Dallas are not straightforward. He won re-election anyway.

“This whole myth that we’re not supported by the people, this past election showed us that we were supported by the people,” Mr. Alexander, the reform advocate, said.

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