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1 Nov 2018, 7:13 am
After their President was last seen screaming at city council members for not signing a contract with the Austin Police Association, the union this week rejected all accountability measures proposed by the city, the Austin Statesman reported. [read post]
9 Mar 2019, 9:27 am
Austin police are more likely to use injury-causing force against drivers they pull over than any other large Texas jurisdiction, according to new "racial profiling" data reports out this month from law-enforcement agencies around the state. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 4:16 pm
The Austin Police Department wants an astonishing 19.5% budget increase in the coming year to hire more officers, reported the Austin Statesman (Aug. 13), even though, as Council Member Bill Spelman questioned "why the city needs more police officer if crime rates, traffic fatalities and calls for service are down compared with last year," which for the record is a very good question. [read post]
6 Feb 2021, 10:02 pm
Just after noon on February 5, the Austin Police Department, paramedics, and firefighters all responded to the site of a crash on Middle Fiskville Road. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 1:04 am
Reports from the Austin Police Department indicate that an adult pedestrian was crossing the tracks along Airport Boulevard near East 51st Street when they were struck by a train. [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 6:33 pm
Having discussed police departments' chase polices for vehicles on Grits in the past, I was interested to see this story from the Austin Statesman ("Austin police adopting new foot chase policy," Oct. 15) about the Austin police creating a more restrictive policy for foot chases:The issue of when â€â [read post]
13 Apr 2019, 7:47 am
After The Atlantic and the Austin Chronicle picked up on the data Grits first crunched in this blog post regarding use of force and Class C arrests at Texas traffic stops, the Austin Police Department issued a correction regarding its reported use-of-force data in the department's most recent, annual racial profiling report.New reporting on use of force was mandated by the Legislature as part of the 2017 Sandra Bland Act, which required… [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 7:59 am
At approximately 8 a.m., on July 10, the Austin Police Department responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident in the 700 block of East Stassney Lane. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 8:04 pm
In honor of Halloween Weekend, the Austin Police Department has again issued a "no refusal" designation for people stopped for suspicion of DWI. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 1:13 am
Apparently all the crime in Texas' capital has been solved, so now, with so much free time on his hands, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo can pursue the really important public safety issues like going after people who criticize him or the department in anonymous blog comments.Acevedeo is particularly upset at commenters at the Statesman who've claimed to be police officers and vociferously criticized the department. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 8:26 am
It emphasizes the degree to which Austin cops receive unusually special treatment under the contract.In addition, Kathy/TCJC recently published another analysis detailing numerous reform recommendations for the Austin Police Department from its civilian review panel. [read post]
9 May 2011, 4:14 am
I'm told it was written for discussion within the department but was never submitted to the city council.According to that document, "In 2006 the Austin Police Department responded to 42,906 alarm calls. [read post]
7 Sep 2020, 5:28 am
At approximately 10:30 p.m., on September 5, the Austin Police Department and medical crews responded to the scene of a collision on East Riverside Drive. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 5:13 am
At around 5:50 a.m., on January 12, officers with the Austin Police Department responded to the scene of a crash on West Ben White Boulevard. [read post]
15 May 2014, 1:07 pm
The investigation into the accident is being handled by the Austin Police Department. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 9:02 am
In fact, former Austin Police Chief Brian Manley refused to allow police officers to carry donated Narcan to prevent overdose deaths, declaring that providing medical care was EMS's job. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 11:00 am
"In 2011, with a population roughly comparable to Austin, Fort Worth’s police department reported 288 uses of force; Sacramento showed 216 and Charlotte had 471. [read post]
26 Dec 2020, 4:34 am
At around 1:30 a.m., on December 26, the Austin-Travis County EMS was called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on East Riverside Drive, along with firefighters and the Austin Police Department. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 3:44 pm
Not surprisingly, the Austin Police Department disagrees with the study's findings, though the APD does acknowledge that the number of Austin auto accidents has been increasing. [read post]
19 Oct 2008, 8:45 pm
More than a year after they gained the new authority created by the Texas Legislature, the Austin Police Department has joined the ranks of Texas law enforcement agencies issuing citations instead of arresting (at the officers' discretion) for certain low-level, non-violent misdemeanors, a change that's been promoted locally by the group Keep Austin Safe. [read post]
