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January 13, 2022

Austin's police department needs many more officers, says independent commission

Independent researchers have concluded that the city of Austin, Texas needs more than 100 police officers to adequately protect the community which last year was plagued by a record number of homicides and long response times.

January 11, 2022

Texas dads arrested for disrupting school board demand that charges be dropped after superintendent suspended

Two Texas fathers who were arrested for allegedly disturbing meetings of the Round Rock Independent School District school board called on the county attorney to drop the charges against them after the school board vote to suspend Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez.

January 8, 2022

Austin sees hundreds of sex offender cases removed from police officer supervision due to defunding

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are no longer being monitored by sworn police officers in Austin, Texas due to the city’s move to defund the police and cut cadet classes.

January 6, 2022

Austin's defunded police no longer have the staff to monitor sex offenders

A 47-year-old man who failed to register in the sex offender database was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after police officers caught him in the middle of a sexual act with an autistic teenager, and one expert says the city’s move to defund police has put it at the mercy of such criminals.

January 6, 2022

Austin judge sets $50K bond for child sex predator after previous judge recommended $1 million

A magistrate judge set a $50,000 bond – after a previous judge recommended it be set at $1 million – for a man w police said they saw sexually assaulting a juvenile male. He was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.

December 28, 2021

Parents outraged after educator mocks 'bigots,' 'evangelicals' in Dr. Seuss-style poem at school board meeting

Parents in the Austin, Texas, area expressed outrage after an educator read a Dr. Seuss-style poem mocking "evangelicals" and parents who have expressed concerns about books they call pornographic.

December 22, 2021

Texas police officers risked all to save mom, daughter and cat from raging fire may receive top honor

Austin police officers in Texas were nominated for medals after rescuing a family and their cat from a burning apartment.

December 19, 2021

Austin jewelry store heist prompts shopping mall evacuation: reports

A shopping mall in Austin, Texas, was evacuated Saturday night after police responded to reports of gunfire amid a jewelry store heist.

December 15, 2021

Austin city council member sounds alarm as city extends COVID mandates with no public input

The Austin City Council has pushed through an extension of an ordinance that allows the city to enforce coronavirus restrictions.

December 10, 2021

Army sergeant indicted for murder in 2020 Austin riot shooting pleads self-defense: police investigator agrees

Violent protests, riots, and killings, in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement erupted across the country in the summer of 2020 around the time Army Sergeant Daniel Perry turned a corner in Austin, Texas and found himself surrounded by an angry mob of protesters sparking an encounter that has him facing life in prison.