Chief Troy Finner said the 264,000 suspended cases represents about 10 percent of the 2.8 million incident reports filed with the police department just in the past eight years.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock tweeted Saturday that an entire sector in East Austin went two hours without a patrol officer assigned to the sector.
Deputy Ronald Bates served with the Harris County Sheriff s Office for 31 years and was a loving husband, father, brother and mentor, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said