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6 Sep 2012, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
However, Austin police chief Art Acevedo told Smith that the undercover activities "went beyond the scope of the mission ... [read post]
24 May 2012, 11:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Coupla Austin forensics stories caught my eye and may interest Grits readers:First, a fired crime-lab scientist has sued Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo for defamation; see the Austin Statesman for details. [read post]
24 May 2012, 11:04 am by Steve Hall
  It features: Art Acevedo has been the chief of the Austin Police Department since 2007.Rodney Ellis was elected to the state Senate in 1990 from District 13, in Houston.Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted in 1992 and released from jail in 2010. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 6:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Police Chief Art Acevedo told the paper he thinks this trend - which nobody can really say is a trend yet - results from the declining moral character of the citizenry: "Drivers think (pedestrians) don't have the right to cross the street, and pedestrians think they can jump out at the last second," he said. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 2:41 pm by brooks
  Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has two theories about the increase. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 10:00 pm by Tom K.
APD Chief Art Acevedo went on the offensive and claimed that Henson had lied about what he had been put through. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 6:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits is a liar, says Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo! [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 2:32 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A few years back Grits posed the question, "Is babysitting while white reasonable suspicion for police questioning? [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 9:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The detectives used what Police Chief Art Acevedo called "an investigative prop" when seeking information from Norwood in the 1988 bludgeoning death of Debra Masters Baker in her home. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 4:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Acevedo also would not say how many officers have since been investigated or questioned. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 6:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Chief Art Acevedo blamed distracted driving on a significant number of settlements related to automobile accidents involving police officers: “They're in the patrol car environment where there is a lot of things going on. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 5:32 am by Nathan Koppel
“The bottom line is the police department will be there to protect your rights as Americans,” Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo told KXAN. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 3:22 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
After Grits' recent post about Austin PD's ill-conceived "wardriving" strategy to seek out and map open wifi connections - which was shut down by APD Chief Art Acevedo - I learned that the detective in charge of the department's Digital Analysis Response Team (DART) is the president of the Austin High Tech Crime Investigators Association, which will hold a two-day training late next month. [read post]
21 Sep 2011, 3:15 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
UPDATE (9/22): I fowarded this post to Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and, after a brief back and forth via email, this morning he writes to say the department has canceled today's planned "Operation Wardrive. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 8:15 am by Nathan Koppel
” But Austin police chief Art Acevedo is not fully convinced. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 8:01 am by Steve Hall
Art Acevedo, Austin’s police chief, said his department was not ready to fully embrace sequential lineups and would allow officers to use both methods. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 8:17 am by brooks
  In the undercover sting, Police Chief Art Acevedo noted that two of the bigger problems were drivers trying to beat trains and pedestrians walking on tracks (often with music playing on headphones and blocking out sounds). [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 10:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Much to Chief Art Acevedo's chagrin, the former Sheriff possesses both.Peeking behind the curtain at police union politicsFormer Austin Police Association President Mike Sheffield is ironically in a labor dispute with his employers at the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, Jordan reports:Mike Sheffield, the retired Austin Police Department detective who was president of the Austin Police Associa­tion for eight years before retiring in 2006, was fired July 18… [read post]
10 Jul 2011, 9:13 am
Said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, "We truly believe people make better choices on those weekends," referring to weekends this no refusal initiative is in place.In Austin, no vehicle related deaths were reported at all over the weekend. [read post]