…to the desperately understaffed Austin Police Department. Among several reforms, the proposition would enact the nationally recognized “Safe City Standard” in Austin to require two police officers per 1,000 citizens….

…November election ballot. Proposition A would reform and restore adequate police officers to the desperately understaffed Austin Police Department (specifically, the proposition would enact the nationally recognized “Safe City Standard”…

…that the Austin City Council went along with the national “defund the police” movement. Indeed, since the council’s decision, the department has lost hundreds of officers and disbanded numerous units…

AUSTIN — “Defund the police” fallout continues for citizens in Texas’ capital city: police officers now won’t come to respond to your “non-emergency” calls, such as burglary or a home…

As the consequences of the Austin City Council’s decision to cut police funding continue to mount, Fox News reports: Austin’s sworn police officers will stop responding in person to non-emergency…

…overtime budget to a saving account for police use only. City council stipulated that after an audit of police overtime is published, there will be a hearing of the Public…

…tracing back to last year, when the Democrat-run Austin City Council unanimously voted to defund the Austin Police Department by up to $150 million (one-third of their budget) and cancel…

…this was defunding the police and stated that they support the police. Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Reich said the money could only be used for Dallas Police Department overtime and…