Austin's Public Safety Commission has approved a resolution calling for more accountability, community engagement and guidelines for the APD/DPS partnership.
"Next week is my son's fifth birthday. Nobody's going to attend his birthday because they're afraid to drive to my house and celebrate," said District 3 commissioner Lauren Pena, who lives in East Austin.9 out of 10 misdemeanor arrests made by DPS in Austin are people of color
"That deployment has changed. What you're talking about is what was in place five, six, seven weeks ago. People spoke, we heard it," said Austin interim assistant city manager Bruce Mills.
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