DPS partnership with Austin is suspended after trooper pulls gun on 10-year-old.
The controversial partnership between theInterim City Manager Jesús Garza
sent a press release Wednesday, July 12, announcing that the decision had been made “in consultation” with“We have heard Mayor and Council’s concerns about recent events and agree that we must have absolute certainty that any solution we put in place maintains the trust and well-being of our community members,” Garza wrote in the news release, and “that all law enforcement officers working to keep our city safe are on the same page when it comes to policing practices.
While not explicitly referenced in the announcement, the abrupt suspension of the partnership is likely related to an incident that occurred Sunday, July 9, that resulted in a trooper aiming their gun at 10-year-old, the interaction began when a trooper pulled over Angel and his father, Carlos, because their vehicle lacked paper plates. When the child got out of the car to go to the bathroom inside their nearby house, the trooper pointed a gun at him.
“Recent events demonstrate we need to suspend the partnership with DPS,” said Watson in the release. In addition to pulling a gun on a child, troopers initiated a high speed chase Monday, July 10, in North Austin that ended with troopersin the arm. In May, troopers began another chase along U.S. Highway 183; the pursuit ended in Round Rock when the driver’s tires were blown with a deflation device. According to DPS, the person aimed a gun at troopers who then shot and killed him.
The release states without providing evidence that the partnership – which began on March 27 and resumed July 2 after a brief pause mid-May when troopers were deployed to the border – resulted in a decrease in violent crime, fewer traffic fatalities, shorter response times to 911 calls, and seizures of “significant” amounts of drugs. However, when
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