APD hosts recruiting event, hopes to fill hundreds of vacancies

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department hosted its latest recruiting event at its training center in south Austin Saturday in an effort to fill some of its vacancies.

Sgt. Destiny Silva in APD's recruiting division said attendees spent the day hearing from the department's different divisions to get a better idea of what the job entails.

She said currently the department has 326 officer vacancies.

"We really need to get the right people here to help us. If we get the right people here...