Austin's police department needs many more officers, says independent commission

Independent researchers have concluded that the city of Austin, Texas needs more than 100 police officers to adequately protect the community which last year was plagued by a record number of homicides and long response times.

Chacon worked with the commission to fund an independent research project by the University of New Haven and Texas State University Criminal Justice and Criminology which developed "a machine-learning patrol model" and community survey to determine how many officers the department needs, according to KXAN.