Violence in Austin

(Community Matters) The AAS reported earlier this month on rising crime in Central Austin. According to the North University Neighborhood listserve, last week, a man assaulted a woman inside the HEB on Hancock, trying to grab her purse from her grocery cart. He was tackled by staff and other customers, managed to get away and ran outside & into a waiting car with two others. There was also a mid-morning rape in Hyde Park just last month. Crime in Austin seems out of control. Steven and I are hosting Chief Acevedo for dinner next month; you bet this is my planned line of conversation.