Gov. Abbott said in a tweet he was allocating an additional 30 troopers to Austin in light of the city’s decision to end the DPS patrol partnership. That would bring the total to 130 troopers in Austin, according to the governor.
Troopers left Austin in May after beingin the wake of the expiration of Title 42, a policy adopted during the pandemic to deny some migrants access to asylum in the U.S.
The other incident involves a South Austin man and his 10-year-old son, who say troopers drew weapons on them during an attempted traffic stop.they were pulled over Sunday night and that DPS troopers approached them with weapons drawn. Bodycam video DPS provided to KUT shows at least one officer with a weapon drawn while approaching the Mezas.
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