As of fiscal year 2022, the agency had an annual budget of $443.1 million[5] and employed around 2,484 personnel, including approximately 1,809 officers.

Responding officers stated Ramos ignored commands and a bean bag projectile before he got into his car and attempted to flee.

[10] Ramos' death, and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis one month later, prompted weeks of protests in Austin throughout the summer of 2020.

[11] Then councilman Greg Casar introduced a three-part plan which called for an immediate reallocation of $21.5 million of the department's budget to social services.

[10] In October 2021, chief Joseph Chacon announced officers would no longer respond to non-emergency calls due to severe staffing shortages and at the recommendation of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force.