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14 May 2009, 2:49 am
The Austin Statesman has an editorial today about the Austin PD's adoption of best practices for photo lineups conducted by police, encouraging the Legislature to pass SB 117 (currently in House Calendars) requiring all law enforcement agencies using them to develop written policies:Both kinds of lineups, photo and live, lend themselves to abuse because relatively few police departments have written, updated policies about how they should be done. [read post]
17 Feb 2008, 10:37 pm
KXAN-TV in Austin had a recent story on this topic:For those living in this country illegally, the fear of deportation can keep them from reporting a crime. ... [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 12:17 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Austin had similarly witnessed officers frequently having their terminations overturned by an arbitrator until the department finally adopted a change for which local advocates had pushed for more than a decade: Creation of a disciplinary matrix in the APD policy manual which specifies punishment ranges for significant misconduct.Arbitrators frequently overturn police officers' firings on the grounds that other, similarly situated officers were not punished in the… [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 3:10 pm
"Woman sues police, Fennell over sex assault," is Isadora Vail's report in today's Austin American-Statesman.A woman who accused former Georgetown police Sgt. [read post]
7 Sep 2008, 8:15 am
Steroid dealer David Jacobs and his body builder girlfriend died under suspicious circumstances that police ruled a murder-suicide soon after he accused police officers from five Metroplex departments of being his customers. [read post]
8 Nov 2015, 4:46 am by SHG
For example, an Austin police officer works his beat in Austin, right? [read post]
4 Oct 2007, 9:55 pm
 (Example taken from a recent Austin DWI arrest.)They object to being breath tested themselves.After they shoot somebody.The New York City Police Department is moving to require officers to take breath tests for alcohol if they shoot someone…Four of the five officers involved in the shooting are detectives, and the union that represents them criticized the breath test recommendation, saying such a measure — which would apply to all… [read post]
16 Jul 2020, 10:39 am by Texas Legal News
At this time, the Austin Police Department is investigating the collision. [read post]
23 Mar 2021, 9:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Then, over the last couple of years, Texas Republicans including the Governor have become obsessed with homelessness in Austin after the city decriminalized their public existence.So when the city of Austin ratcheted back the police department budget by 4.6 percent and spent the savings on EMS and services for mental illness and homelessness, on its face one would think that would fall into a policy realm Republicans could live with: Reduce government spending and… [read post]
12 May 2021, 8:44 am by Charlotte Lawrence
The 1033 program gives police and sheriff’s departments unique and unprecedented access to military gear. [read post]
16 Nov 2021, 8:58 am by Ana Popovich
It never has been and never will be,” advised New York Police Department (NYPD) whistleblower Frank Serpico. [read post]
21 May 2014, 1:33 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And it's exacerbated by the statute closing records about police officer discipline in civil service cities like Austin. [read post]
25 Oct 2016, 6:03 am by SHG
Austin Chief of Police Art Acevedo was outed by one of this own. [read post]
7 May 2021, 8:29 am by Gritsforbreakfast
  I don't think legislators have considered the incentives they're putting in place in HB 1900 punishing cities that "defund" police department (by which in Austin's case they mean delaying cadet classes by one year). [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 4:33 am
AUSTIN BAY: "More troops" isn't the most significant aspect of the military "surge" in Iraq. . . . [read post]
30 Aug 2020, 8:13 am by John Floyd
Austin was the only department to see a recent budget reduction. [read post]