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County Attorney Delia Garza provided KVUE with the raw data regarding people arrested for misdemeanors by DPS troopers during their current operation in Austin. DPS troopers have been assisting ...
The Austin Police Department is no longer partnered with the Texas Department of Public Safety, as DPS officials focus their attention to the border crisis amid the end of Title 42.
Details about the arrangement were scarce. Officials would not say Monday how many officers DPS would supply but said troopers will generally have more presence in Austin and back up local police ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's police chief said now that Texas DPS troopers are no longer helping APD with its staffing shortage, once again, fewer officers are able to respond to emergency calls.
In March, the Austin Violent Crimes Task Force, which called on DPS to help patrol Austin, was formed as a way to assist APD.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is expected to resume helping the City of Austin’s police department on July 2, after stepping away in May to tend to the expiration of Title 42.
Gov. Greg Abbott said in a tweet he sent 30 additional Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to Austin on Thursday after the city announced it would suspend its police partnership with DPS.
An item voted on during last month's Austin Human Rights Commission meeting won't stand, according to the city, after the commission failed to follow proper Texas Open Meetings Act requirements.
The Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is calling ...
A couple hundred Austin firefighters showed up at City Hall Monday to urge city council to prioritize public safety in its ...
Some Austinites received a text message paid for by the Austin Firefighters Public Safety Fund last week, asking residents to ...