Welcome to the Forum!Working for a City that will throw you to the wolves for the slightest mistake is a bad idea.
Welcome to the Forum!Working for a City that will throw you to the wolves for the slightest mistake is a bad idea.
Its not APD's failure to enforce laws... its council's and a DA with an agenda of non-prosecution where arresting a criminal means they get only a few hours time out before released from jail or charges are completely dropped, even in slam-dunk cases.With Texas citizens having to wait 2.5 hours for police to show up to a head on crash with a possible drunk driver, and people drag racing in the streets that they shut down, clearly APD is like San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, New York city, and other places that have failed to enforce laws and maintain control of their cities and are a failed reactive city vs a proactive city with law enforcement.
Austin has been going down hill for years. It’s probably a good thing to have DPS step in. A lot of officers I know have had horrible dealings in Austin with their police response, along with selective enforcement of state laws.
Hope DPS can make a dent.
That's the result of a communist DA, not APD.No problem prosecuting Sgt Daniel Perry.
Its not APD's failure to enforce laws... its council's and a DA with an agenda of non-prosecution where arresting a criminal means they get only a few hours time out before released from jail or charges are completely dropped, even in slam-dunk cases.
The citizens voted for this they must feel the pain of their choices or they will continue along this path.
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Its not APD's failure to enforce laws... its council's and a DA with an agenda of non-prosecution where arresting a criminal means they get only a few hours time out before released from jail or charges are completely dropped, even in slam-dunk cases.
The citizens voted for this they must feel the pain of their choices or they will continue along this path.
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Want to bet the APD is still writing traffic tickets?
writing traffic tickets isn't the same as reducing crime.Want to bet the APD is still writing traffic tickets?
I think the dedicated units went away after the budget cuts. But I could be mistakenI am sure they have dedicated traffic units that officers stay productive at, to generate extra revenue via citations. I doubt their average patrol offers do traffic stops.
Agree.That's the result of a communist DA, not APD.
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The issue will have to be unfucked... if the City won't do it the State will.
The "doing cop work" is still the same, but we are insanely short handed, 1995 staffing levels for a city that has quadrupled in size...
I wouldn't talk someone wanting to come to APD out of it at all, there is more OT than you can shake a stick at*, but there are a lot of cities that support their police and pay just as good or better.
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writing traffic tickets isn't the same as reducing crime.
This weakens law enforcement for the entire state of Texas so that the highest tax rate county in Texas can defund Austin Police Department. Please write or call your state rep and express your outrage!The state’s top law enforcement agency will beef up its presence in Austin and help local police handle violent crime and traffic incidents, city and state officials said Monday.
The move — agreed upon by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — is a dramatic response as the city’s police department struggles with persistent vacancies in its officer ranks, a problem in virtually every major police department in the country. Austin has also had problems with long response times to emergency calls.
State troopers will help Austin with police patrols as the city struggles with an officer shortage
Austin officials view the partnership as a stopgap measure as they try to fill the city’s more than 200 police vacancies.www.texastribune.org
Iirc 89 so far or scheduled. A good number are waiting until 4/10? because of financial reasons and many have been keeping their plans on the DL...I read where APD has 80 officers that have put in their retirement papers for the month of April. That is going to hurt but you get the government you vote for.