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Bandera police report recruitment challenges, recommend replacing pepper-ball launchers with tasers
Summary
Bandera law enforcement reported recruitment shortfalls, upcoming DPS audit, and concerns over pepper-ball launchers after noting injuries elsewhere; animal-control volunteers used 39 TNR vouchers and the city received $5,000 toward a mobile spay/neuter event.
At the Oct. 22 Bandera City Council meeting, law enforcement staff reported activity statistics for September, described ongoing recruitment challenges for full-time and reserve deputies, and raised safety concerns about pepper-ball launchers currently carried by deputies.
Police/Marshal staff (Speaker 5) told the council the department recorded 111 law enforcement…
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