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Austin council relaunches police academy, authorizes new homelessness plan
Ryan Autullo, Austin American-Statesman
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Assistant Chief Joe Chacon speaks during a press conference at the Austin Police Department in 2018.
On two of the biggest issues facing Austin  homelessness and policing  the City Council approved measures that had previously been off the table.
Coming off of the citywide vote to reinstate a ban on public camping under Proposition B last week, the council authorized a proposal to begin the process of opening sanctioned campsites a potentially expensive and difficult-to-manage plan it rejected two years ago. ....

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