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 ...

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.

Austin, Texas saw a 43% increase in auto thefts in October 2023, compared to October 2022, which is a trend that continues to rise after the police department was defunded in 2020.