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3 Jan 2017, 5:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The new Houston police chief, Art Acevedo, is predicting Texas will shift policies on pot. [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]
22 Jul 2016, 12:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The primary demand was that he visit Baton Rouge and the site of other police shootings. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 11:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Instead of debating whether Chief Acevedo talked too much, we could be debating the real issues around police use of force. [read post]
26 Jan 2014, 11:10 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Robert Hester, a former longtime supervisor in Austin’s burglary unit.Austin Chief Art Acevedo defended the policy of police responding to burglar alarms but said the department does not keep records on how many arrests result from them. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 7:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The slowdown has come as the state’s population continues to grow.The paper quoted Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo insisting that "there’s a direct correlation between traffic enforcement and bad outcomes," but at least for fatalities, that doesn't jibe with the data. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 8:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Austin police chief Art Acevedo accused the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT), the state's largest collection of police unions, of lying about him when they said the department created a position for former CLEAT organizer (and past Austin Police Association President) Mike Sheffield, who was hired out of retirement for a coveted, senior position ahead of qualified, active officers. [read post]
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
The Statesman story opened:Federal and local authorities are looking into the off-duty employment of several Austin police officers who were paid cash by a wealthy Mexican man to watch over his daughter while she attends college, the American-Statesman has learned.Two officers have left the Austin Police Department in the past month since the inquiry started, and others who may have also worked on the private security assignment have been questioned.Austin Police… [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]