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The decision capped a trial in a civil suit Alex Gonzales Jr.’s parents filed against the Austin Police Department and former ...
Pedestrian Jesus Rodriguez Barragan died in a hit-and-run on July 4 in Austin, marking the city's 49th fatal crash in 2025.
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal jury has ruled in favor of a former Austin Police Department officer, finding his actions in a 2021 ...
DA José Garza campaigned on a promise to prosecute police officers — whom he now must work with to prosecute other crimes.
In a memo sent to the mayor and city council, the department said it is continuing to see a rise in the number of mail thefts ...
The Austin Police Department said it was investigating a homicide in south Austin Tuesday night after a pedestrian was hit by ...
Gabriel Gutierrez, the former Austin police officer who fatally shot Alex Gonzales Jr. during a 2021 off-duty road rage ...
APD has seen almost a 30% increase in mail theft from 2022 to 2023, and unfortunately, those numbers are not slowing down.
"Recently, the Austin Police Department asked the public here to start calling 311 instead of 911 for a host of emergencies and certain crimes, citing, in part, the staffing shortage that they have.