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Austin Police Department Faces Understaffing Crisis

Learn about the impact of understaffing in Austin Police Department on rising crime rates and safety concerns in Montopolis neighborhood.

Five Charged In Austin Drug Offenses Amid Opioid Overdose Surge

Five Charged In Austin Drug Offenses Amid Opioid Overdose Surge

Five individuals in Austin, Texas, face drug charges in connection with a surge in opioid overdoses. The arrests come amid a nationwide drug overdose crisi...

Fatal car crash at Austin hospital leaves one dead, five injured

Fatal car crash at Austin hospital leaves one dead, five injured

Read about a car crash in Austin, Texas, where one person died and five others were injured after a car smashed into a hospital lobby. Investigations sugge...

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Bargaining in Blue: Austin Police Department sued over inaction on police oversight and records accessibility ballot measure

Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population.

Texas Congressman's Hypocrisy Exposed: Demands Police Protection After Defunding

Discover the shocking hypocrisy of a far-left Texas congressman who once advocated defunding the police but now demands increased police protection for him...

Four people killed in Texas hostage standoff

A responding SWAT officer was killed during a gunfire exchange

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Is a serial killer behind a string of drownings at Austin’s Lady Bird Lake? Here’s what victims’ families have to say

Four bodies have been pulled from Austin’s Lady Bird Lake this year - joining a total of at least 18 since 2018. As police roundly deny rampant serial killer speculation, relatives of the victims tell Andrea Blanco what needs to happen to avoid more tragedies

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Once again, tension builds after state police are deployed to a major Texas city

Once again, tension builds after state police are deployed to a major Texas city

A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operation’s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.

The Texas Tribune

Mystery of Texas 'roofie serial killer' with eerie echoes of 'smiley face murders'

Mystery of Texas 'roofie serial killer' with eerie echoes of 'smiley face murders'

A number of men in their 30s have been pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, sparking fears there could be a serial killer on the loose - with some linking the deaths to the similar circumstances of the 'Smiley Face Murders'

Texas serial killer fears as bodies pile up and rumours swirl of 'roofie' murderer

Texas serial killer fears as bodies pile up and rumours swirl of 'roofie' murderer

After four men in their 30s were pulled from the water at Lady Bird Lake in a short space of time, many are speculating there may be a serial killer on the loose in Austin targeting young men on nights out at bars on nearby Rainey Street

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