Austin mayor addresses Williamson County homeless hotel, crime and public safety
. It's all part of the City's Reimagining Public Safety Initiative. So how is this going to help? Adler: Well, what we did last week was to not change any functions, to not change any people, but to take certain departments and put them under civilian control. So the finance department and the police department is now part of the overall City finance department. As with all other departments, the building services division is now in charge of facilities, as in all other departments, and 9-1-1, 3-1-1, these important emergency call services are now under, again, common operational control. We ...