Weeks into the APD and state police partnership, records show that virtually all of the arrests made by troopers have been for misdemeanor offenses, with a disproportionate number of them made against Black and Latino Austinites.
Data from the County Attorney's Office shows DPS misdemeanor citations have been focused in East Austinpartnership, records show that virtually all of the arrests made by DPS troopers have been for misdemeanor offenses, most of which occurred in East Austin, with a disproportionate number of them made against Black and Latino Austinites.
The disparities could be explained partly by location data obtained from the TCAO via a public information request that shows a majority of the arrests occurred near I-35 or east of it – and none west of MoPac. Most of the arrests occurred in City Council Districts 3 and 4, where most of the city's Latino population is concentrated . Few occurred in D1 and D2, where the largest share of Black and Latino Austinites live, respectively.
in Justice of the Peace Court 5, who coordinates administrative duties for all five JP courts. The data shows a massive increase in the number of citations issued by DPS compared to last year; from April 1 to 18, 2022, troopers issued 534 citations for class C misdemeanors in Travis County, but during that same period this year, they issued 1,360 – a 155% increase.
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