SAN ANTONIO – In a unanimous decision, council members voted to postpone a resolution in todays city council meeting supporting the hiring of more officers in 2027.
“This is an issue of the fact that we don’t have endless resources.” said San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones.
The City of San Antonio paid for an independent study in 2023 that recommended hiring 65 officers a year so they would have more time to patrol neighborhoods. This year, the city only hired 40 officers amid a budget shortfall…