Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan
Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot
"...had submitted more than 25,000 signatures to place police staffing minimums on the November 2021 ballot, 25 community groups..."
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July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
New Study’s Staffing Model Calls for 108 New Officers
More cops, 2022 version
"...four outcomes: respond quickly or not (mostly determined by staffing), and find either an urgent situation or a false..."
Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Battle Over APD Staffing Gets Louder
Election Ticker: Battle over APD staffing gets louder
"...passed, would require that APD "at all times" employ 2.0 officers per 1,000 residents, and that those officers have..."
Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Save Austin Now Unhappy (Surprise!) With Prop A Ballot Language
Ballot spells out price tag for proposed mandated mimimum staffing levels at Austin Police Department
"...the GOP- and police-backed citizen initiative to mandate minimum staffing levels at the Austin Police Department, along with minor..."
Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Save Austin Now Learns How It Feels to Lose
Nov. 2: By a more than 2-to-1 margin, Austin voters reject Save Austin Now’s second ballot initiative of 2021, a measure to increase the size of Austin’s police force
"...Unlike the earlier measure, the "SAN 2.0" police staffing plan (also a reference to the number..."
Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin Firefighters Association Says Nay to Proposition A
Over 50% of AFA members vote to oppose police staffing initiative
"...measure well beyond what would be needed to maintain 2.0 staffing...."
Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Point Austin: Finding the Right Ratio
Budget debate considers best approach to police staffing
"...although for a change, everybody agreed that the sacred "2.0 officers per thousand residents" formula that has driven APD..."
Aug. 23, 2013 News Column by Michael King
Firefighters Vote to Oppose Police Union-Backed Proposition A
A "bad law that will actually hurt public safety overall"
"...office estimates that complying with Prop A's mandate of 2.0 police officers per 1,000 Austinites and a minimum of..."
Oct. 1, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders
Chronicle Endorsements for the Propositions on the November Ballot
November 2021 Statewide General Election and City of Austin Special Election
"...emphatic recommendation to vote against the Save Austin Now 2.0 police staffing scheme should come as no surprise. We..."
Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board
Austin at Large: Hit Me With Your Worst Shot
Doesn’t this weekend’s carnage illustrate exactly why policing as usual isn’t enough?
"...will always be the union's position that Austin police staffing needs to be set by formula and increase automatically..."
June 18, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Progressives Push to Get Justice Reforms on November Ballot
Oliver, Siegel leading campaign to decriminalize pot, end no-knock
"...anti-homelessness, GOP-backed Save Austin Now that seeks to make "2.0 staffing" – two APD officers for every 1,000 Austinites..."
July 2, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders
One Cop, Two Cop ...
How Many New Cops?
How Many New Cops?
Council approves 47 new APD hires – with perhaps a change in the air
"...spend the money – and even whether the sacrosanct "2.0 per thousand" ratio (officers to Austinites, a city policy..."
Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Michael King
Point Austin: Cops Cost Money
We've been plugging the dike with overtime, and the cracks are showing
"...store" ("Overtime expenses breaking the city bank," July 13, 2006). Apparently, until about 2001, cops and firefighters were an..."
March 23, 2007 News Column by Michael King
Point Austin: Magic Numbers
At budget time, the public safety numbers become sacrosanct
"...we're still arguing in 2011. Jump to May 24, 2002, when Clark-Madison wrote: "A line chart showing that this..."
Aug. 19, 2011 News Column by Michael King
Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals
Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets
"...could apply to other large cities if their police staffing ratios fall below the (wholly arbitrary, but sacred in..."
Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
From the Bloody Streets of Austin, it's a Dia de los Muertos Election-Night Dead-Blog
Spoiler alert: Good has triumphed over evil
"...early voting totals show Proposition A - the police staffing initiative brought to the ballot by the GOP-aligned political..."
Nov. 2, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison
Lean and ... Leaner
A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget
"...better by the time Garza rolled out his proposed 2001-2002 (FY 2002) city budget. They have not...."
Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Point Austin: Three Cheers for Spelman
Council member makes his final pitch for sane police spending
"...is no longer tied by Council policy to a "2.0 officers per thousand residents" ratio. "Now they have to..."
Sept. 12, 2014 News Column by Michael King
Happy Times ... in Moderation
City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending
"...budget, with little prospect of that changing. The city's "2.0 officers per thousand residents" policy will structurally add 47..."
April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King
Two, Three ... Many Festivals = How Many Cops?
As special events grow, so does the need for police
"...general ideas about ideal force strength, e.g., the city's "2.0 officers per 1,000 residents" ratio, and the like. Then..."
April 19, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
The Department of Irresponsible, Unconfirmed Rumor
Is the city facing a secret crunch this budget?
"...the city manager's e-mail (below) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:08:34 -0500 From: Michael R. Levy This is great..."
April 25, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faitful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"...presented the "draft policy budget," an outline of the 2005-06 framework to orient the council and get some responses..."
July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King
Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faithful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"...presented the "draft policy budget," an outline of the 2005-06 framework to orient the council and get some responses..."
June 10, 2005 News Column by Michael King
'Something Went Wrong'
Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers
"...show up for a court date in late August 2002, on a charge that he'd stolen a Honda Accord..."
Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Austin at Large: Fool Around and Find Out!
Austin’s wannabe warriors are set to see what this city really thinks of its cops
"...We can call this drive SAN 2.0, which is also the "benchmark" staffing ratio (2.0 officers..."
May 28, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Budget Stretch Run
City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs
"...a bare minimum, and notes that last year, a staffing study by the Police Executive Research Forum actually recommended..."
Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Safety First
"..."The task force identified public safety staffing as their number one priority," said Assistant City Manager..."
Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
APD Meets Residents About Barrera Murder
Chief Acevedo briefs residents and friends on the investigation
"...pursuing leads – she said police have documented some 250 tips arriving from all sources, and are working their..."
Jan. 10, 2012 News Post by Michael King
The Genius of the Crowd ... Source
Austin programmers look to create a public redesign of the city's website
"...municipal government sites in the nation." From 1997 to 2007, it grew in page views from 189,000 to 4.5..."
June 5, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Travis County Diversion Center Design to Begin in 2024
Getting people in crisis out of jail is "a long time coming"
"...to the Travis County Sheriff's Office amid a full-blown staffing crisis, despite investments in pay and recruitment. Currently, the..."
