Efforts to improve DPS community relations

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Members from the Texas Department of Public Safety joined the Austin Police Department this month for a meeting with local community leaders.DPS is working to play a larger role in those gatherings.
"Conversations around the history of policing in Austin, the lack of trust with police, systemic racism, a lot of topics that we discussed, and it was very valuable to listen," said DPS Major Gabriel Ortiz.Texas Department of Public Safety says it will keep patrolling despite Austin