FULL INTERVIEW: KVUE speaks with AAPI APD cadet Ehlar Htoo | KVUE
Part of the reimagining policing concept in Austin is to diversify the force so it looks more like the communities it serves.
Yet, within the Austin Police Department (APD), Asian American Pacific Islanders are just under 3%. But AAPI's are the fastest-growing minority group in Austin, representing nearly 9% of the capital city's population, according to the US Census Bureau.
Ehlar Htoo, 23, is part of that growing population. He also wants to qualify as a cadet for the Austin Police Academy.
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