Austin police ask robbery victims to call
311 amid staffing shortage, crime crisis
Fox News,
by
Andrea Vacchiano
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
9/5/2023 12:38:57 PM
Austin police in Texas are asking residents to call 311 if they get robbed near an ATM as the department struggles amid an increase in urban crime and staffing shortages.
The Austin Police Department posted a graphic in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, to urge residents to call 311 or make an online report if they're robbed – 311 is a number usually used for non-emergency requests, as opposed to 911.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/5/2023 12:49:56 PM (No. 1549870)
Austin has become Texas' biggest SchiffT Hole...Houston is a close second and other Leftist enclaves are trying to get into the game!
13 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Nimby 9/5/2023 12:50:44 PM (No. 1549871)
"defund the police" some more maroons!!
10 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
kathleentexas 9/5/2023 12:50:46 PM (No. 1549872)
how's that defund the police thing working for ya?
10 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
SALady 9/5/2023 12:52:58 PM (No. 1549873)
Second only to San Fornication, Cuba-fornia, Austin is the most beautiful lie-beral cesspool of a city you will find in this country.
And just like San Fornication, lie-beralism is quickly destroying Austin.
15 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
john56 9/5/2023 12:58:00 PM (No. 1549881)
Heck, it's getting so bad that the Soros-installed DA in Bexar County (San Antonio) is threatening to actually PROSECUTE criminals. Hasn't happened yet, but he's threatening.
6 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 9/5/2023 1:03:25 PM (No. 1549891)
This has got to be a joke.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
10 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/5/2023 1:03:41 PM (No. 1549892)
Caller: Hi, I've been robbed!
Recording: Press 1 if you'd like to file a report
Press 2 if you're having a bad day
Press 3 if you'd like someone to get back to you before the week is over
Press 4 Remember, this is Austin
12 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/5/2023 1:07:57 PM (No. 1549896)
You will probably get an answer from an Indian in New Delhi.
13 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
smak90 9/5/2023 1:24:13 PM (No. 1549908)
That way they can send a social worker who was hired after defunding the police. They can talk to you to make you feel better about being robbed by the less fortunate and helping to make life more equitable for everyone involved. No lie.
9 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Omen55 9/5/2023 1:47:58 PM (No. 1549925)
It's TX get a gun.
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/5/2023 2:01:31 PM (No. 1549939)
Press 1 for Spanish - press 2 for English
Press 1 if you are being assaulted
Press 2 if you are being raped
Press 3 if you're being carjacked.
press 4 if you're be shot at.
Press 5 to hear this menu again
2 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/5/2023 2:02:12 PM (No. 1549941)
Sorry #7, I didn't see you were first.
3 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 9/5/2023 2:03:03 PM (No. 1549942)
Hello 311, I just stopped a robbery, the perp is on the ground not moving so no need to respond.
11 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
chumley 9/5/2023 2:09:39 PM (No. 1549952)
Texas used to be the proudest, toughest state in the country. Now they are acting like Massachusetts. Why arent these criminals not bleeding out on the sidewalk, with the victim nowhere to be found?
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
HPmatt 9/5/2023 2:37:29 PM (No. 1549977)
"Free Austin from Boko Haram!!" Problem solved.
Glad all those kidnapped Christian girls were saved....
Austin gets the government it votes for - Kalifornians are happy now that 110deg days are diminishing....Musta solved Global Boiling too....
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
john56 9/5/2023 2:40:33 PM (No. 1549979)
As my dear sweet native-born Texan wife tells me, it's time to build a border fence around Texas. Not the southern border, but the northern, eastern, and western border.
And I add a cattle guard around Austin to try and keep the liberals we got in one place.
Of course, I tell her we in the North won the war between the states. We just waited until air conditioning was perfected before occupying the territory.
5 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
formerNYer 9/5/2023 2:44:09 PM (No. 1549982)
Portland in Texas.
6 people like this.
#16: No please! When texas secedes from this unfortunate union im praying they do a land grab up into Kansas and take us with them. That’s really important to those of us up here who are desperate to escape this stinking “United States” business.
7 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
DVC 9/5/2023 3:31:18 PM (No. 1550002)
You are on your own in Lefty Run Austin. Better be armed and trained, because the cops aren't coming to help.
5 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
mifla 9/5/2023 3:59:50 PM (No. 1550020)
You simply cannot fix stupid.
4 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
paral04 9/5/2023 4:19:09 PM (No. 1550031)
Great!. Getting robbed is no longer an emergency. I love it. The people in Austin are very woke though so all is well.
5 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/5/2023 9:04:01 PM (No. 1550153)
The Austin Police can call 311. It is their job to answer and respond to 911 calls. Do your job!
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
mifla 9/6/2023 3:34:51 AM (No. 1550254)
Let me guess, the music on hold is You've Got A Friend by James Taylor.
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
coldborezero 9/6/2023 7:08:18 AM (No. 1550280)
For a real Texan, the only reason to call the police is so they can put up yellow tape, draw chalk lines on the deck and haul off the criminal’s lifeless carcass.
1 person likes this.
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