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Abbott orders additional troopers to Austin 1 day after city suspends APD/DPS partnership (www.kxan.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/austin

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On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered an additional 30 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to Austin, according to a spokesperson with DPS.

The order comes one day after the City of Austin said it would be suspending the partnership between the Austin Police Department and DPS.

The additional troopers would bring the total number to 130, not including the troopers that work the Capitol.

DPS said overall, there would be 80 of the original troopers that began patrolling at the beginning of the partnership, the 20 Criminal Investigations Division officers that were also deployed as part of the partnership, and now the new 30 troopers.

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[–] pigeonberry 6 points 1 year ago

And this couldn't have been predicted because ...?