VIOLENT
VIOLENT CRIME IS BECOMING MORE COMMON IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN-- AND SOME OF THE TOP
LEADERS ARE PROMISING
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
JOINING US THIS DAYBREAK TO TALK
MORE ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME-- AND OTHER TOP ISSUES IN
CENTRAL TEXAS
IS MAYOR STEVE ALDER.
GOOD MORNING!
WE WANT TO START BY ASKING
ABOUT INTERIM POLICE
CHIEF JOE CHACON'S VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION
PROGRAM THAT TARGETS GUN
VIOLENCE. YOU OPENLY
SUPPORTED IT. SO HOW DOES THE
CITY PLAN TO HELP?
LAST
LAST WEEK, CITY COUNCIL MOVED TO CREATE A NEW EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION S
DEPARTMENT... AS WELL AS
MOVE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
POSITIONS AWAY FROM THE
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S
ALL PART OF THE CITY'S
"REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY"
INITIATIVE. HOW IS THIS GOING
TO HELP?
TO HELP?
WHAT
WHAT DO
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO AUSTINITES WHO FEEL THAT THE "REIMAGINING" OF POLICE FUNDS
HAS RESULTED IN
SKYROCKETING CRIME RATES. DO
YOU FEEL IT'S FAIR FOR
PEOPLE
PEOPLE TO
PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION? THE CITY APPROVED PURCHASING A HOTEL THAT'S
WITHIN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS... BUT
IN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY, TOO. JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO, WE HEARD FROM
JUDGE BILL GRAVELL WHO CLAIMS HE
DIDN'T KNOW
ABOUT THE PLAN UNTIL AFTER
FINALIZED THE PURCHASE...
AND HASN'T HEARD FROM YOU SINCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENT?
COMMENT? CAN YOU UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
HOMELESS CHALLENGE HERE IN
AUSTIN. THE SUMMIT YOU
COMMENT?
COMMENT? CAN YOU UPDATE US ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
HOMELESS
HOMELESS CHALLENGE HERE IN AUSTIN. THE SUMMIT YOU
WERE
WERE A
WERE A PART OF SET SOME BOLD GOALS.
GOALS.
3
3 YEARS
3 YEARS THERE WAS A TEXAS TRIBUNE ARTICLE WHERE EXPERTS WARN
THERE COULD BE MORE POWER
OUTAGES THIS
SUMMER DUE TO THE EXTREME HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS. THAT COULD
BE DEVASTATING. HOW IS THE CITY
PREPARING FOR THIS?
THANKS
THANKS FOR JOINING US!