Tag Archives: Austin Police Department

Police Refunding Petition Makes Ballot To Fight Austin Crime Surge

Just as they did with the homeless camping ordinance, Save Austin Now says they have enough signatures on their petition to restore police funding to make the ballot in November: “107 days from now, we are going to have an … Continue reading →

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Reimaging Austin Police: Absolute Fucking Lunacy

The hard left-wing, Critical Race Theory-embracing, Social Justice Warrior-staffed “City-Community Reimagining Public Safety (RPS) Task Force” has come up with recommendations for “reimagining” (i.e. defunding and destroying) the Austin Police Department. And most are absolutely bugfuck insane. All across the … Continue reading →

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Sixth Street Shooting Shows Austin’s Continuing Slide Into Lawlessness

If you live outside Austin, you may be unaware that at least 13 people were injured in a shooting in downtown Austin early Saturday morning since none of the victims died: During a briefing Saturday morning, Interim Police Chief Joseph … Continue reading →

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Austin T Minus 2 Update

Two days from now, Austin voters will go to the polls to decide the fate of reinstating the camping ban, along with a number of other proposals. (Cheat sheet: Vote for Proposition B and against everything else.) So here’s an … Continue reading →

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Austin City Council Continues Assault On APD

It’s obvious that the current Austin City Council hates the Austin Police Department, and will do anything they think the can get away with to strip it of money and power. The most recent example: They’re stripping 911 funding from … Continue reading →

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The Building Austin Policing Crisis

Many of the cities that defunded police last year in a fit of social justice warrior-endorsed madness have reversed course once crime rates started spiraling. But Austin’s hard-left City Council seems stuck on stupid. After the Austin police budget cut … Continue reading →

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Breaking: 2 Shot, 1 Stabbed in Austin Park

Here’s some breaking news for you: Police are responding to a shooting with ‘multiple injuries’ Sunday evening. Police say an initial call of shots fired came in a little after 7 p.m. Public Safety Alert – Multiple people shot or … Continue reading →

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Abbott Receives Draft Proposal For APD Takeover

In the wake of the Austin City Council’s insane decision to partially defund the police, Governor Greg Abbott has received proposed legislation for the state to take over the Austin Police Department. Just in time for Christmas: The Legislative Council … Continue reading →

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Jimmy Flannigan Goes Down In Flames

A tiny glimmer of hope in Austin’s winter of discontent: Liberal city councilman Jimmy Flannigan was defeated by Mackenzie Kelly: Conservative challenger Mackenzie Kelly beat incumbent Jimmy Flannigan in the Austin City Council runoff election Tuesday, earning 677 more votes … Continue reading →

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Roundtable: Ten Questions About Austin Safety and Spending

I’ve been meaning to do this roundtable on Austin’s future for a while, but the press of events (and fiddle-farting around on getting the right set of questions) delayed things until the headline rush toward election day finally made me … Continue reading →

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