29-06-2023 10:05 via kxan.com

How does DPS traffic stop data differ from APD's?

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Texas Department of Public Safety troopers will resume patrols in Austin Sunday after a temporary one-and-a-half month halt.
This is has some relieved - and others uneasy."A lot of fear, a lot of frustration," said Alexia Leclerq, policy director for Poder, an environmental justice group based in east Austin. She said Poder and the Austin Justice Coalition created a petition opposing DPS' presence in the city.
"We've really seen them harass our black and brown communities," she
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