{"id":744,"date":"2021-08-23T20:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlottetx.us\/?p=744"},"modified":"2022-01-19T21:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:11:19","slug":"charlotte-makes-pitch-to-congressman-cuellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlottetx.us\/2021\/08\/23\/charlotte-makes-pitch-to-congressman-cuellar\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Makes Pitch to Congressman Cuellar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"744\" class=\"elementor elementor-744\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee4cc44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee4cc44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p><p>MEDIA CONTACT : Ernie Gonzalez, Jr<\/p><p>210.960.4340, 101<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b4c213\" data-id=\"0b4c213\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efbe103 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efbe103\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62b1bf\" data-id=\"b62b1bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe16cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fe16cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-463baff elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"463baff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-403d7a8\" data-id=\"403d7a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f24c0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f24c0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>(Charlotte, TX \u2013 August 23, 2021) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The City of Charlotte Police Department Advisory Committee meet with Congressman Henry Cuellar to discuss progress on the city\u2019s police department project.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting attendees included City Councilwoman Amanda Luna, Committee Chairman Rick Luna, city staff Gracie Garcia Laura Morales, and EMC\u2019s Alex Soto and Ernie Gonzalez.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Gonzalez briefed Congressman Cuellar about the process that the city has been following with support from the U.S. Department of Justice, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, the Texas Police Chief\u2019s Association, and the city attorney.\u00a0 Gonzalez informed the congressman that the city recently approved a working budget, held a public comment meeting, and received authorization from the city council to move forward with the agency application submission to TCLOE.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city is expected to appoint an acting police chief within the next 2-3 weeks.\u00a0 The acting chief will work with EMC Strategy Group to complete the agency application process and lay the groundwork for the proposed local municipal law enforcement agency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am a strong supporter of law enforcement, and I am committed to work with Mayor Christi Rankin, the city council, and EMC Strategy Group in their efforts to seek federal funding and resources to strengthen public safety in Charlotte and Atascosa County,\u201d said Congressman Henry Cuellar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once established, the Charlotte Police Department, will be the city\u2019s first locally operated municipal law enforcement agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cfa4a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cfa4a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-411f365\" data-id=\"411f365\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f992ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f992ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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