A member of the city’s Public Safety Commission is criticizing the Austin Police Department’s tactics in two recent sting operations in the downtown area. Commissioner Kent Anschutz last week accused police of clogging the jails and courts with people accused of petty drug crimes snared by undercover officers instead of pursuing violent felonies. Anschutz’s […]
Operation Safe Assistance
A narcotics sting operation that resulted in the issuance of more than 40 arrest warrants in 2013.