The Texas capital city is suffering from a dramatic shortage of police officers resulting in increased response times to 911 calls — often more than 30 minutes. While the city is struggling to find enough officers to answer calls, the mayor’s security detail remains fully staffed and unaffected.
A Texas county called for law enforcement reinforcements from Governor Greg Abbott after the Austin City Council cut its police department budget by one-third. The county judge from Williamson County said the $150 million budget cut to the Austin Police Department by the city council places Austin officers and their families “in great peril.” Part of Austin extends into Williamson County.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich praised Austin, Texas, for its vote to defund the police the city’s police force.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott slammed the Austin City Council for its decision to strip $150 million from the capital city’s police department.
Members of the Austin City Council are proposing a resolution to stop doing business with contractors involved in building President Trump’s proposed border wall.
The Austin City Council voted Thursday on a resolution that condemns displays of Confederate statues, artifacts, and memorabilia. In a three-page document, council members call Austin a “welcoming city to people of all backgrounds” where Confederate iconography is “harmful to the peace and tranquility of the city.”
The Austin City Council voted Thursday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, a holiday that honors Native Americans, and no longer recognize Columbus Day.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are fighting back against false reports of checkpoints and sweeps during the ongoing operation targeting criminal aliens.
Five different areas on the University of Texas at Austin (UT) campus were hit with graffiti bearing Blacks Lives Matter markings. The graffiti appeared after a Black Lives Matter activist shot himself on the steps of the Ohio statehouse, and after a 17-year-old black man was shot and killed during a confrontation with Austin Police officers on Monday.
In the latest “Ban the Box,” movement, an Austin, Texas city council member thinks that the city ought to adopt a “fair chance ordinance.” The movement is an attempt to force employers to stop stop tossing employment applications because of a checked box.
The controversial P.C. training session that was the brain-child of a male Austin Assistant City Manager has resulted in his suspension, pending an investigation.
City officials brought a male city manager from a small city in Florida to teach the course on dealing with women. His credentials? His local city council in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, consisted of all women.
