The City of Justin issued an apology Wednesday afternoon after it said a city employee called the police on a local youth baseball team for using a field without a reservation.

“That decision was wrong,” said the City in a statement. “It was unnecessary and it does not reflect the City that Justin is or the city we are committed to becoming.”

According to the statement, a local baseball team from the Justin Youth Sports Association was using a baseball field in the City.

When a City of Justin employee saw the team using the field, they eventually called the police on the team for using the field without a reservation.

“No child should feel unwelcome in their own hometown,” said the City. “Our fields are meant to be places of play, connection and community. What happened was a failure o

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