Fort Worth Freedom Review

Episode 11: FWPD Police Chief Candidates and 2021 Texas Legislative Session


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Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.

If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. 


 My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Amber O’Dell and Thomas Moore here to discuss the recent panel of police chief candidates for FWPD as well as what to look for during the upcoming Texas Legislative session. I will do a brief breakdown of how the Texas congress is set up before going into some of the proposed bills and Amber will also give us a breakdown of what “Procedural Justice” is before getting into the panel. Spoiler Alert: We liked Chief Derrick Miller the most. 


All of the resources used for this episode will be provided below in the show notes. 


 As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us or this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org  and click on the Donate button. 


Music by Anthony Sosa


City Manager David Cooke email: [email protected] 


6 bills to watch in the Texas Legislature in 2021

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/12/6-bills-to-watch-in-the-texas-legislature-in-2021/


10 bills to watch in 2021 Texas legislative session

https://www.click2houston.com/news/politics/2020/12/28/10-bills-to-watch-in-2021-texas-legislative-session/


Texas Senate changes rules so Republicans can still bring bills to floor without Democratic support

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/13/texas-senate-republicans/


Bills We’re Watching in the 2021 Texas Legislative Session

https://progresstexas.org/blog/bills-we%E2%80%99re-watching-2021-texas-legislative-session

Federal Poverty Level Guidelines and Chart

https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-guidelines-chart-3305843


Texas Legislature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Legislature

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