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Save Austin Now petitions for city to hire more officers Save Austin Now PAC launch petition to increase APD staffing Co-founder of Save Austin Now believes Austin is facing a shortage of police officers yet some activists believe more officers isn t the solution. We do not wholly entirely have a police funding crisis, we have a police staffing crisis in our city and that is a manmade disaster, said Matt Mackowiak, a co-founder of Save Austin Now. The group launched a petition that would make the city, have two officers per 1,000 in the city s population, along with an increase in training. Combine that with a minimum 35 percent community engagement time. Currently, officers get 40 hours a year of training post-graduation we will take that to 80 hours, said Mackowiak. ....
City of Austin begins Phase 3 of camping ban enforcement City of Austin begins Phase 3 of camping ban enforcement For the past two months, the City of Austin has been implementing phase one and two of its plan to reinstate the citywide camping ban. For the past two months, the city has been implementing phase one and two of its plan to reinstate the citywide camping ban. The emphasis has really been on outreach, on education, on talking to individuals making sure they know that those areas will no longer be open to camping and that they need to find other places to go, said Kathie Tovo, Austin City Council Member for District 9. ....