Downtown Austin Crime Prevention » In the news http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org Connecting residents, businesses, police and Austin downtown stakeholders Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:12:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 8 shot outside Spiro’s Night Club in Rap Retaliation http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/8-shot-outside-spiros-night-club-in-rap-retaliation.htm http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/8-shot-outside-spiros-night-club-in-rap-retaliation.htm#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 20:23:42 +0000 Marshall Jones http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/?p=147 8 People were shout outside Spiro’s at 2:15am Friday morning.  6 Were taken to the hospital and none are in critical condition.

My question is: what is APD, Spiro’s and the City going to do to stop the violence in our 6th Street Entertainment District?

Read the story here.

]]> http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/8-shot-outside-spiros-night-club-in-rap-retaliation.htm/feed 3 City Council Approves Funding for Monitoring Cameras http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/city-council-approves-funding-for-monitoring-cameras.htm http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/city-council-approves-funding-for-monitoring-cameras.htm#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:14:56 +0000 Marshall Jones http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/?p=69 City council approved Austin’s federal legislative agenda Thursday including $350,000 for Austin Police Department to install and monitor surveillance cameras for high crime areas including downtown Austin and the Sixth Street entertainment district specifically.  In a conversation with Chief Acevedo, he mentioned that the cameras should be called “monitoring cameras” rather than surveillance cameras as they are passive monitors of the area.  If the city is awarded the Federal grant money, Council would still need to approve any purchases.

]]> http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/city-council-approves-funding-for-monitoring-cameras.htm/feed 0 Crime is Like a Roach http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/crime-is-like-a-roach.htm http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/crime-is-like-a-roach.htm#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:51:48 +0000 admin http://www.downtownaustincrimeprevention.org/?p=48 On March 13th, 2009 KVUE did an interview with Marshall about crime in downtown Austin and the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association’s (DANA) efforts to work with the Austin Police Department.

“Crime is like a roach,” Marshall says.  “You put a lot of light on it or you put a lot of people around it and it’s not very happy.”   The video goes on to say that Marshall and other downtown stakeholders met with Austin police over concerns about the recent increase in crime.  The reporter ends the piece by highlighting DANA’s initiatives targeting aggressive panhandling and drug dealing in the area and that the group will meet againwith Austin police in May.

KVUE video

KVUE video

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