APD’s new mounted patrol facility not expected to be finished until 2019

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In Manor, Austin Police Department’s current mounted patrol facility provides a calm outside of the chaos.
“We teach ’em all kinds of obstacles, ’cause there’s no telling what we’ll come across downtown,” APD Corporal Steven Nash said.
City Council approved a lease renewal Thursday for the facility, which the department’s Mounted Patrol Unit has called home for the last 24 years.
But each month the city pay