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“Violent crimes, homicides, nonfatal shootings, carjackings have gone up in cities that target police,” one law enforcement advocate says.

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Volunteer review committee expresses concern over stalled process

This weekend marks one year since thousands of protesters flooded the streets in downtown Austin and demanded a series of law-and-order reforms and budget changes, some of which they ended up getting. While the local demonstrations mirrored racial justice protests in other cities after the death of George Floyd under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, local participants also had Austin-specific reasons to be there, as they pointed to concerns theyd been voic...

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Grief and grace.  Those two seemingly opposing forces co-existed inside Southport Presbyterian church Thursday as police officers and family members honored their fallen heroes.  There were tears, yes. But there was also hope and compassion. There was family.  The annual Peace Officers Memorial Service is hosted by the local Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents officers across Marion County. It invites family of slain officers to come together and remember their loved ones. ...

Art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images (Photos by David Brendan Hall and John Anderson) At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at their feet. Vanessa Fuentes expressed her gratitude. Ann Kitchen promised to study the recommendations. Alison Alter praised the task force members for pouring themselves into the work. Those whom they...

Image by Kate Baucherel from Pixabay Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced that he wanted to “reimagine” public safety in the city. If the use of the word “reimagine” pinged your “I’ve got a bad feeling about this” radar, you will soon know how right you are. Thus far, “reimagining” public safety has gravely damaged it in Austin. It has amounted to cutting about $150 million from the Austin Police Department’s budget and standing idly by while violent crime rates have soared i...

Photo by John Anderson The upcoming May 1 special election provides Austinites with an opportunity to fundamentally change the structure of city government. To some, these changes are revolutionary advances toward a more robust local democracy; to others, they threaten to cause a catastrophic collapse of Austins current progressive consensus. Either way, a very big deal. Five of the eight city propositions on the May 1 ballot – Propositions D through H – are charter amendm...