Probably covered elsewhere. Moderators please move if needed.
According to an online Fox News story, the new Chief of Police for Austin, the old "interim COP" said that without the student pipeline being open and the 1/3 budget cuts, certain services with be done via 311 calls and on-line reports.
I surfed the APD webpage but didn't find a handout or slide show with what warrants a police response and what is "self serve".
According to the article, collisions without injuries are 311 reports. No police presence will sent. But what if the vehicle is unmovable and is blocking traffic? You can have a disabled car, block traffic, and still not have anyone injured. Or the other example given; burglaries when the perpetrator is not present are 311 reports. How am I to know if the bad people are still in my house/place of business? No one in their right mind goes into a building and clears it themselves.
Maybe the Austin city council will take a page from Lori Lightfoot and "refund the police" to campaign for re-election.
This is a farcical posting as I can't sleep and wanted something to do.
PS: I wonder why the City Manager/Council didn't hire a woman of color with plenty of experience for Chief of Police? Not liberal enough??
According to an online Fox News story, the new Chief of Police for Austin, the old "interim COP" said that without the student pipeline being open and the 1/3 budget cuts, certain services with be done via 311 calls and on-line reports.
I surfed the APD webpage but didn't find a handout or slide show with what warrants a police response and what is "self serve".
According to the article, collisions without injuries are 311 reports. No police presence will sent. But what if the vehicle is unmovable and is blocking traffic? You can have a disabled car, block traffic, and still not have anyone injured. Or the other example given; burglaries when the perpetrator is not present are 311 reports. How am I to know if the bad people are still in my house/place of business? No one in their right mind goes into a building and clears it themselves.
Maybe the Austin city council will take a page from Lori Lightfoot and "refund the police" to campaign for re-election.
This is a farcical posting as I can't sleep and wanted something to do.
PS: I wonder why the City Manager/Council didn't hire a woman of color with plenty of experience for Chief of Police? Not liberal enough??