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The city of Austin's draft budget for fiscal year 2026 released to the public Friday, a new step in the city's budget adoption process.
The Austin Police Department reported 39 arrests for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) over the Independence Day holiday ...
According to the Austin Police Department, a crash happened in the 12700 block of N Interstate 35, near Parmer Lane and Tech Ridge Boulevard in the southbound direction. APD did not provide the exact ...
DA José Garza campaigned on a promise to prosecute police officers — whom he now must work with to prosecute other crimes.
A young man died from blunt force trauma after a violent altercation at Kerby Lane restaurant in Austin, with a suspect ...
The decision by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman came on the eighth day of trial in a lawsuit Alex Gonzales’ parents filed ...
APD has seen almost a 30% increase in mail theft from 2022 to 2023, and unfortunately, those numbers are not slowing down.
The Austin Police Department's emergency communications division has been dealing with a staffing crisis for several months, with the 911 call center lowering its minimum staffing requirements ...
Politics & Policy How Austin Cut One Third of Its Spending on the Police Department The city council’s vote to reallocate $150 million away from the APD’s budget took observers by surprise.
Understaffing in the Austin Police Department in Texas has left residents concerned about crime in the city. Residents in the Montopolis neighborhood in Austin’s southeast told KVUE-TV crime in ...
In Austin, elected officials cut millions from the police budget last year and then refunded the department this year. Now, residents in the city are deciding if they want to hire more police.
The Austin Police Department has released police dash-cam video from June 15, 2015, that appears to show an officer, identified by authorities as Bryan Richter, take down 26-year-old Breaion King ...