OF
OF ISSUES
OF ISSUES IMPACTING THE AUSTIN AREA -- SO HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT POLICE
FUNDING AND HOMELESSNESS IS
AUSTIN MAYOR STEVE ADLER.
MAYOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FIRST OF ALL - WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE GOVERNOR SAYING IF AUSTIN DOESN'T
REINSTATE THE CAMPING BAN HE
WILL.
WILL.
CAN
CAN WE
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THESE HOTELS THAT THE CITY SPENT MILLIONS ON TO HOUSE THE
HOMELESS - ARE THEY STILL JUST
BEING USED TO HOUSE PEOPLE WHO
MAY BE AT HIGH RISK FOR
GETTING COVID19? HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE STAYING
THERE AND WHY DOES THAT NOT SEEM
TO HAVE PUT A DENT IN
OUR HOMELESS PROBLEMS?
WHAT
WHAT IS
WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION TO FIXING THIS?
THIS?
THE
THE GOVERNOR ALSO TALKED ABOUT FISCALLY PUNISHING CITIES LIKE AUSTIN THAT TAKE
MONEY AWAY FROM
POLICE DEPARTMENTS - WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSE TO
THAT?
DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF DATA OFFICER,
SINGLED OUT THE "VERY
IMPORTANT INCREASE" IN
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CASES,
WHICH ARE UP 19 PERCENT OVER
2019. MORE SPECIFICALLY,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CRIMES THAT
ARE NOT RELATED TO FAMILY
VIOLENCE ARE UP 32 PERCENT, AND
THE INCREASE IS EVEN HIGHER FOR
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT INCIDENTS
INVOLVING FIREARMS. OVERALL,
KRINGEN SAID CRIMES INVOLVING
FIREARMS ARE UP 43 PERCENT IN
THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WERE UP 19
PERCENT OVER 2019
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST REPORTS
FROM THE AUSTIN
POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA -- AND
WHILE OUR
POPULATION IS INCREASING - THERE
IS SOME CONCERN THAT
WE ARE STARTING TO BRING SOME OF
THE BIG CITY
PROBLEMS INTO A TYPICALLY SAFE
AUSTIN -- HOW DO WE
ADDRESS THAT MOVING FORWARD?
MAYOR
MAYOR ADLER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
TODAY.