AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin is hosting its annual career expo to fill over 4,000 jobs. The expo will be held at the Palmer Events Center , located at 900 Barton Springs Road, on Wednesday ...

Austin, Texas, residents are feeling the aftershocks of the “defund the police” movement as staff shortages reportedly are leaving 911 callers on hold and crime continues to spiral out of control.

Austin cut its police budget in 2020 by about $150 million and reallocated that money to other public safety initiatives. The Police Department's budget totaled about $309.2 million that year.

Austin, Texas residents are expressing outrage over police staffing shortages and longer 911-call response times in the aftermath of the city council's vote to defund the department in 2020.