Research: 108 more APD patrol officers needed to achieve target response time

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police staffing research funded by the Greater Austin Crime Commission (GACC) is recommending adding 108 more officers to Austin Police Department’s patrol force in order to maintain an average response time of six minutes and 30 seconds. APD Chief Joseph Chacon discussed the new GACC report in a media briefing Tuesday. GACC said it worked with Chacon to fund an independent research project by the University of New Haven and Texas State University Criminal J