DPS initially came on board in late March to help APD tackle crime amid a staffing shortage. But on May 13, DPS halted operations in Austin, so troopers could be deployed at the border following the end of Title 42.
"It did reduce our calls for service. It reduced our response times," Mason told commissioners Monday night.
"There's a significant increase of when they were here deployed, to now, when they're not deployed," said Mason.Officials announced that the partnership between Texas DPS and Austin police would be put on hold as the DPS troopers are being diverted to handle the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border. "This is not safety," said Bill Wallace of the Austin Justice Coalition, who testified at the meeting.
Austin police admit DPS isn’t a long-term fix, and they’re asking the city for recruitment money to permanently fill more than 300 vacancies.
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