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Opinion: You Cannot Surveil a City Into Safety
Real public safety is created through stable housing, strong schools, healthcare, economic security, and other investments in the community
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A Light Meeting as the New Council Gets Itself Sorted
First work session focused on committee memberships
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City Offers Pennies, Not Dollars, to Austin EMS
Medics find proposal insulting and inadequate amid enormous staffing crunch
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EMS Staffing Shortage Nears Crisis Point
Ongoing staffing shortage worsens with Omicron surge
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Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4
Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar’s term at City Hall
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Battle Over APD Staffing Gets Louder
With early voting underway, campaigns for, against Proposition A heat up
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Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief
APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist
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Austin at Large: Hit Me With Your Worst Shot
Doesn’t this weekend’s carnage illustrate exactly why policing as usual isn’t enough?
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Austin at Large: More Than We Could Imagine
At an unexpectedly delicate moment, Austinites can flip the script on public safety
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Austin at Large: We Have Better Things to Do
Stay mad, Dan Patrick! Public safety will be reimagined, with or without you
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Austin at Large: Truth and Reconciliation
“Reimagining” public safety will involve more than just technocratic change