Austin City Council to consider ordering study of response to mental health crisis calls
Four Austin City Council members are proposing a full-scale review of how APD and other city departments respond to mental ...
City of Austin looking to lessen police role in mental health crisis calls
Austin leaders want the city to do a review of how multiple departments respond to mental health crisis calls to potentially ...
Austin officials to examine sending police to mental health calls
The efforts come amid conversations about how and when police should respond to mental health calls – to make them safer for ...
Austin failed to tell Congress or White House about his health problems as required, report says
Austin III had been hospitalized. Jan. 6, 2024 Pentagon officials have acknowledged that public affairs and Defense aides ...
Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to ...
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Should Austin police officers respond to mental health crisis calls?
What they're saying: "I believe the Austin Police Department must stop responding to mental health calls," Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock said in a video post ...
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As winter weather hits Austin, area sees school closures, flight cancellations and more
Essential staff will be on site to care for the animals. Walk-in services at Austin Public Health are unavailable and APH is asking patients with Tuesday appointments to re-schedule. All Municipal ...
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KXAN monitoring utilities and 311 amid winter weather
and Austin Public Health resources, animal services and proper care, accidents, and 9-1-1 wellness checks,” according to a 311 spokesperson. “Residents needing assistance with cold weather ...
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Case of bird flu detected in Austin, experts say there is low risk of human transmission
A dead wild bird in Austin was reported to have had bird flu, according to Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services. H5N1 virus, or bird flu, is the influenza virus ...
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Austin failed to tell Congress or White House about health problems as required, report says
Pentagon officials have acknowledged that public affairs and defense aides were told on Jan. 2 that Austin had been hospitalized, but did not make it public and did not tell the military service ...