Concerns mount over Austin's partnership with Texas DPS

CBS Austin is digging deeper into the City of Austin’s newly announced partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

In a joint press conference Monday, DPS and city leaders announced the agency will lend state troopers and special agents to help Austin police manage its ongoing staffing challenges and improve public safety.

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[julie]

Love the DPS. They don't out up with criminals and that's a good thing

[professorswaggamuffin]

Law enforcement who don't have to follow the laws... smh

[rome]

When one sees DPS troopers everywhere even in the city limits, even though we have the sheriff and local police, one cant help but wonder is this an indication of forming the state turning into a police state. This is an area of alarm.