Item 7 - Draft Recommendation - Data collection on Austin Police interactions with U.S. Immigrations and Customs — original pdf

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RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL Public Safety Commission Recommendation Number 20260202-007: Data collection on Austin Police interactions with U.S. Immigrations and Customs WHEREAS, The Austin Public Safety Commission serves as an advisory body to the city council on all budgetary and policy matters concerning public safety; and WHEREAS, on January 5 an Austin resident's call for emergency assistance resulted in an Austin Police officer's call and transfer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the basis of an administrative warrant; the call and transfer led to the deportation of members of the community that called for assistance. WHEREAS, Austin Police is currently working on revising and updating General Orders and standard operating procedures that relate to interactions with ICE.1 WHEREAS, in light of the widely reported January 2026 incident there have been increased calls for clarity around Austin Police s cooperation with ICE. WHEREAS, Resolution 20230914-1322 dictates the capturing all of the following data points: • Call unique identifier, • Call type code (at a minimum, to distinguish calls initiated by an officer and/or officer self- assigned incidents” from calls initiated by a member of the public), • Call date and time, • • • • • • Sector or jurisdiction, Priority level, Initial problem type and final problem type, Incident Category (e.g. violent crime, property crime, medical, traffic, etc.), Any incident sub-categories (e.g. crime description, warrant, burglar alarm, etc. Arrival of first unit date time stamp, 1 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=465846 2 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=415800 • Call closure date time stamp • Police report filed (yes or no), • Number of officers responding to the call, • Total time spent responding to the call including all responding officers, • Census Block Group of the call for service, WHEREAS, the City of Austin Open Data Portal currently houses data in relation to Resolution 20230914-132 as APD Immigration Status Inquiries” dataset.3 WHEREAS, as of January 26, 2026 the APD Immigration Status Inquiries dataset includes only: • Case Report Number • Occurred Year • Reason for Stop • Reason for Immigration Inquiry • Subject Race/Ethnicity • Number of officers arrived • Zip Code WHEREAS, Austin Police continues to face staffing challenges and the January 2026 Quarterly Report4 5 to Public Safety Commission from Austin Police indicated: • 345 sworn vacancies, • An average P0 Response Time of 9:19 minutes, • An average P1 Response Time of 13:34 minutes, • 27% of Budgeted Overtime already spent (as of Nov 2025), and • A potential addition of a max of 38 additional sworn staff from the 156th Cadet Class. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Public Safety Commission recommends all data from Resolution 20230914-132 be posted to the official City of Austin Open Data Portal dating back to original resolution in a manner that clearly identifies all interactions between Austin Police, ICE, and the outcomes for the individuals involved. 3 https://data.austintexas.gov/Public-Safety/APD-Immigration-Status-Inquiries/pfjx-tjrm/about_data 4 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=465196 5 https://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=465197 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Public Safety Commission recommends: • Additional data points to increase transparency and understanding around budgetary dollars spent on any interactions with ICE including and not limited to type of pay (regular, overtime, and/or other incentivized pay), and • Regular public briefings of both the data and the updated General Orders and standard operating procedures to both the Public Safety Commission and the City Council Public Safety Committee at a minimum of quarterly. Date of Approval: Motioned By: Seconded By: Vote: For: Against: Abstain: Off the dais: Absent: Attest: _____________________________________________