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 […]
Public Order Initiative
An APD plan to reduce violent crime downtown that was largely criticized for targeting the homeless.