During the last city commission meeting, City Commissioner Jack Porter, saying hiring more police officers will not impact crime, voted against a consent item from the city’s consent agenda related to a $625,000 federal grant awarded to the city to aid in funding police officer salaries to address violent crime. The final was 4-1, in support of the grant.
Consent items are issues that staff believes are non-controversial and are included as one agenda item for the purpose of voting. However, elected officials are allowed to pull items from the agenda for discussion.
Porter pulled the item and stated she believed that hiring more police officers did not impact crime…