APD, DPS brief Public Safety Committee on suspended partnership

DPS vehicle. Image via Austin Monitor by adonis paul hunter

More than a week after the Austin Police Department announced its controversial partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety had come to a close, law enforcement officials on Monday briefed the city’s Public Safety Committee on the now-defunct deployment and responded – again – to City Council members’ concerns about equity and transparency.

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