APD says DPS is doing great. But DPS won’t tell us where they’re patrolling or who they’re arresting.
Three weeks into the, APD officials have shared some data on the partnership – but key questions about where DPS patrols and whom they're arresting remain unanswered.wrote that the weekly average of violent crimes in 2022 was 89, but the number of violent crimes in the first week of the APD/DPS partnership was 67.
But it is also true that these conclusions are drawn from only two weeks of data – a relatively small dataset . A larger set of data may show that the DPS deployment ultimately did not have a substantive impact . APD's monthly reports on crime figures also show that violent crime was decreasing in 2023 even before the DPS deployment.
We also don't know how many DPS troopers have been deployed and where, though anecdotal accounts point to increased trooper activity in East Austin . We don't know how many DPS arrests were made for violent and nonviolent offenses; we don't know what probable cause DPS is pointing to when they stop someone; we don't know who, demographically, DPS is citing and arresting; and we don't know how many traffic deaths increased patrols may have prevented.
It is on DPS to answer some of these questions; of particular interest is how many arrests DPS has made for minor drug offenses – like possession of marijuana – which the Austin community has said decisively should not be a focus of law enforcement action. DPS did not respond to questions about these arrests, but a representative is expected to be on hand at Council's May 2 work session to provide some clarity. Until then, all we have to go on is historical data.
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