Law enforcement defends DPS partnership as community advocates raise more concerns

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) and members of the Austin Justice Coalition view data on DPS traffic stops differently.A group of about 20 people organized by the Austin Justice Coalition took to the City Hall steps Thursday to express their concerns.Those concerns are largely tied to where DPS is more heavily patrolling.The Austin Police Department (APD) dictates where DPS focuses its patrols based on 911 call data for violent crimes. We learned this week, those n