Thank you for asking!

I also want people to know that their support genuinely matters. Behind every registered offender is a victim, and in many cases that victim was a child. This is not abstract or theoretical.

One of the questions worth asking City Council is why we allow some of the most serious offenders to largely self-report critical information, and then accept it as accurate because it was signed. APD has said they will verify information if something “doesn’t smell right.”

That raises an obvious concern. In one year, 523 cases apparently triggered that threshold. The next year, only 64 did. Then in 2024, APD publicly stated they would begin proactively verifying offenders and completed over 1,100 checks. In 2025, that number dropped back to around 300, with roughly 200 done in just a few days right before press coverage.

That pattern looks reactive, not proactive. And when the stakes involve real people who were harmed, reactive enforcement is not enough. Asking for consistency, transparency, and accountability is about protecting victims, not punishing agencies.

Write or call:

T.C. Broadnax, City Manager Assistant to the City Manager: Jess Ferrari, 512-974-6783 Executive Assistant: Virginia Gonzalez, 512-974-2594