Tag Archives: Austin Police Department

After Police Cleared Out Homeless Camp Because They Were Breaking Into Businesses, They’re Back. Guess What?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Transients from homeless camp break into local businesses. Austin Police clear out camp in February. Homeless creep back in. Can you guess what happens next? Small businesses in South Austin are trying … Continue reading →

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Chacon Retires And The APD Stalemate

Here’s a story where the background details are more interesting than the headline story. The ostensible main story: Austin police chief Joseph Chacon is retiring. The City of Austin will again be on the search for someone to head its … Continue reading →

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Homeless Repeatedly Break Into Austin Apartment Complex

Austin apartment complex gets repeatedly hit by thieves breaking into apartments and cars night after night. Last year they had repeated transient break-ins through a hole in the fence, and this year two individuals seem to be the same ones … Continue reading →

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Texas Mini-News Roundup for July 13, 2023

Just a quick roundup of Texas news to cut tomorrow’s LinkSwarm down to size, as this is another insane week. Property tax relief is finally heading to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. After months of caterwauling and posturing, the Texas … Continue reading →

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Problem: Austin PD Is Down 500 Officers. Austin City Council Solution: Fire DPS

Back when DPS was patrolling the streets of Austin, crime went down. So naturally Austin City Council is ending DPS patrols because they made one person uncomfortable. The City of Austin has suspended its recently restarted partnership with the Texas … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for September 23, 2022

California is (still) broke, Stacey Abrams is (still) not very bright, Joe Biden tried to deal gas to the commies, and the FBI can’t be bothered to investigate such trivia as “sex crimes involving children.” It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  … Continue reading →

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5 Indicted APD Officers Sue City, DA Garza, SJW Groups

The kangaroo court proceedings against 19 APD officers for daring to enforce the law and keep order rather than letting the hard left’s pet Antifa/BlackLivesMatter rioters go on a spree of destruction continues to grind away, but five of the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 14, 2022

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Biden has a bad week, another high profile Democratic politician is indicted on federal charges, and a dog goes home.   After having his business mandate overturned by the Supreme Court, Joe … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 7, 2022

More Democrats behaving badly and Kazakhstan in flames. Enjoy the first LinkSwarm of 2022! How Democrats running the New York City Department of Correction turned control over to the correctional officers union and they let the inmates run the jail. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 31, 2021

Greetings, and welcome to the last LinkSwarm of 2021! Remember how all those media pundits opined that 2021 couldn’t help but being better than 2020? Yeah, not so much. Assuming the official death tolls are accurate (probably not, but I … Continue reading →

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