APD ramps up patrols around ARCH shelter as K2 cases mount

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting Thursday, there will be more police officers regularly patrolling the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) shelter in downtown Austin in an effort to target dealers who are selling the drug K2 to the homeless population.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler started a joint news conference by saying, “I am not here to tell you to not do drugs. We all know that. But, I am here to tell you to not do this drug: spice.”
For city and county officials, the