The Austin police chief touted his department's partnership with state law enforcement on Tuesday as city council members pushed for more transparency.
complained for years about reckless driving that is rampant in the state capital. State troopers have made more than 4,000 traffic stops in the first two weeks of the partnership in areas where speeding, DWIs, and traffic fatalities are concentrated. The large majority of these stops have resulted in warnings, while about a fourth of them have resulted in tickets.
Some city council members have criticized the secretive way that the partnership was negotiated and a lack of specificity in the data that police have released.
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