Austin City Council Moves To Cut Police Budget By 1/3, Directs Money To Social Services In a unanimous vote, the Austin City Council moved to cut the police department's $434 million budget by about one-third next year and move the money to social services. ...
Around 3:19 p.m., APD SWAT officers were in the back yard of the residence when they began to take gunfire from Richart inside his house. Richart fired many shots at the officers, according to police. This led police to make entry into the home through the front door using a robot. ...
This is the first time in a decade that an officer from the Austin Police Department has been killed in the line of duty, according to ABC affiliate KVUE in Austin. “My heart and the hearts of Austinites are broken this morning. This is a horrible moment for our city and those who p...
Chief Eddie García will be departing the Dallas Police Department to become an assistant city manager in Austin.(Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer) The Dallas Police Department will soon be without a leader as Chief Eddie García will bedeparting Dallas to become a...
In Austin, 9-1-1 call volumes were increasing faster than the city's population, and existing technology and staff levels could not support the increasing call load. The Austin Police Department (APD) concluded that 40-50 percent of the 9-1-1 calls were either for police non-emergencies ...
Another major city crime APD has seen is jugging robberies. To this date, police reported 129 jugging robberies with nearly $1.3 million stolen. AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department (APD) is investigating an armed robbery and a jugging robbery that happened at the beginning of the week...
Perception of safety is what influences behavior, so it is important to educate the public about this data. At the same time, downtown does face very real safety challenges. Downtown stakeholders, including the Austin Police Department (APD), Downtown Alliance, government officials and business ...
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department says that the release of video from the officer-involved shooting that killed Alexander Gonzales Jr in January will be delayed yet again. APD said in March that they would be unable to release their critical incident briefing video from the January ...
Having previously worked in diverse roles at other City of Austin departments, including as a 911 call taker at the Austin Police Department and in the Permitting Office Service Center with the Development Services Department, Jasmine brings a wealth of experience to her current position. Inspired ...
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