Crimewatch: Austin police to fight for additional 101 positions

Name: Crimewatch: Austin police to fight for additional 101 positions
Uploaded: 2016-08-17T02:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 23 s
Description: Austin police will go before city council Wednesday to fight for an additional 101 positions. A consulting group says the department needs at least that many, but the city manager is recommending 33. In this week’s Crimewatch FOX 7's Noelle Newton shows why the department and consultants say community engagement will suffer without the additional support.

Austin police will go before city council Wednesday to fight for an additional 101 positions. A consulting group says the department needs at least that many, but the city manager is recommending 33. In this week’s Crimewatch FOX 7's Noelle Newton shows why the department and consultants say community engagement will suffer without the additional support.

Posted August 17, 2016 8:37am CDT