SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Judge, Peter Sakai, held the first of his four “community conversations” Tuesday evening.
The community conversations go away it up to people who attend the assembly to select what problems or subjects garner essentially the most consideration.
The first assembly used to be held on the Davis Scott Family YMCA in Precinct 4; the ones in attendance had issues with roadways, sewage, and homelessness, however the elephant within the room used to be the hot uptick of shootings between suspects and legislation enforcement.
“It’s happening over and over again, like what is changing?” stated Bennie Price, with Big Mama’s protected space.
“If we’re going to continue doing a revolving door where they are going and they’re coming in, and they’re going out, we’re not going to fix the problem,” added Rose Hill.
With finger-pointing between the Bexar County District lawyer and the San Antonio Police Chief about repeat offenders in the street, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai says county and town leaders wish to paintings in combination.
“We’re going to look at the criminal justice system and the various parts we want to look at arrest, booking, magistrate, and we want to look at the bond process,” stated Judge Sakai.
Sakai provides it’s no longer only one factor, so he requested district courtroom judges to check the bond procedure.
“Yes, I’d love to lock up all violent offenders, all repeat offenders, but we also have a duty to set fair and reasonable bonds,” stated Sakai.
The county pass judgement on guarantees to appear into the rest and the whole lot to discover a answer, which incorporates operating with the D.A.
When requested by means of ’s John Paul Barajas, “Are you satisfied with the district attorney’s work?” Judge Sakai stated, “That is another issue that [he] need[s] to investigate.”
It is unclear if or when an investigation into the District Attorney’s paintings might be performed, when town and county leaders plan to satisfy, and when a find out about of the bond procedure might be finished.
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