From Defunded to Refunded: Austin Police Department Set To Dole Out One of the Largest Salary Increases in Decades

Officers could see their paychecks go up nearly 30 percent over the next five years.

Eric Gay/AP
People gather at the Texas Capitol, April 20, 2021, at Austin, Texas, after the guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, in the death of George Floyd, was announced. Eric Gay/AP

The Austin, Texas, police department is preparing to shell out one of the most significant pay increases for officers since the 1990s, a boost that comes four years after the department was defunded in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.

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