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7 Feb 2018, 10:42 am
The cases are Austin v. [read post]
19 Jan 2020, 8:07 am
Pleased with the less-arrests, less-wasted-police-time, no-effect-on-crime, happier-constituents dynamic the new policy generated, the Austin City Council announced plans to codify the results of this natural experiment by directing Austin police to stop making user-level pot possession arrests altogether.In response, District Attorney Margaret Moore went on Fox News in Austin and declared, with no evidence whatsoever, that "what we've seen that is alarming… [read post]
1 May 2014, 9:32 am
-Austin 2010, no pet.). [read post]
20 Sep 2017, 6:18 am
The Sandra Bland Act was significant, positive legislation and Grits doesn't want to diminish its importance, but let's please slow our roll on the whole dusting off our hands, problem-solved meme.Austin PD crime lab bluesThe Austin Monitor has a pair of stories detailing problems at Austin PD's crime lab which forced the closure of its DNA section:Austin's crime lab failure points to national crisisThe implosion of Austin's crime lab: A… [read post]
12 Aug 2020, 9:53 am
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Budget Cuts for Austin Cops: Possibly as early as today, the Austin City Council is poised to cut funding to law enforcement by more than $23 million and remove numerous functions out from under the police department. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 3:27 pm
I'm very excited to announce that the Strauss Center at UT-Austin is launching a new education-and-research program we are calling "Integrated Cybersecurity Studies," and that we are marking the occasion with a rather-special event here in Austin on February 5th and 6th. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 5:26 am
But they have no authority over self funded health plans such as the one offered by Austin School District.Roughly 70% of people turning 65 have coverage through an employer health insurance plan. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 10:00 am
The Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Rivero, like the Fourth Circuit’s in Austin, was unpublished. [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 12:50 am
Abbey and Austin went to the swim-up bar at the resort where they "toasted the completion of final exams with a couple shots of tequila. [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 11:30 am
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Civilian review in Austin brings no reformSee a report that the missus prepared for the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition detailing recommendations by Austin's civilian review board which were never implemented by the local police departments. [read post]
13 May 2014, 4:43 am
"Austin police detective indicted for on-duty shooting of fleeing forgerA former detective became the first Austin police officer in a decade to be indicted by a grand jury over a shooting incident, the Austin Statesman reported. [read post]
13 Apr 2013, 10:51 am
Following the infamous Nestande case, with all the current demagoguery in and around Austin vis a vis DWI, this will get particularly ugly, I suspect. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 2:08 pm
Austin’s statement marks a turning point for the Pentagon, which has been reluctant to confront the issue. [read post]
13 Apr 2019, 3:57 pm
Fighting for police accountability via their union contractChas Moore and Sukyi McMahon from the Austin Justice Coalition had an op ed in the New York Times about their group's fight to reform the local police-union contract and improve civilian oversight of the Austin Police Department. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 10:01 am
Now that the red pill has been swallowed, there's no telling how deep the rabbit hole goes.Bodycam footage emerges of needless tazing that got 2 Austin PD cops firedBodycam footage corroborates Austin PD's claim that two police officers lied about a tazing incident that led to their firing, reported KXAN-TV, after my former colleague Chris Harris obtained the footage from the city. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 7:30 am
As the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee prepares to hear overdose prevention legislation (HB 225 by Guillen/Watson) on Tuesday, news comes that the state has dramatically and systematically undercounted overdose deaths in recent years.The Houston Chronicle's Lise Olsen and the Austin Statesman's Mary Ann Roser this week (April 24) coauthored an important and impressive feature documenting how Texas dramatically undercounts overdose deaths, particularly those stemming from… [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 8:17 am
My, how times have changed.Earlier this month I attended the First Annual Bike Law Summit in Austin, Texas. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 1:27 pm
Lloyd Austin III for defense secretary. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 12:38 am
Guaranty Bank of Austin, Texas’s August 21, 2009 closure is the fourth-largest bank failure during the current wave of bank failures and the tenth largest bank failure in U.S. history. [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 8:20 am
March 20 (Time TBA): Austin State University (Texas). [read post]
