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12 Oct 2010, 5:20 am
Reacting to Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo's call for a new DWI-lite charge in Texas' statutes, Reason magazine's Radley Balko makes the case for eliminating DWI laws based on blood alcohol content and focusing on impaired driving of all types. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 5:14 am
Now, Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo wants to reduce the magic number to .05%. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 6:01 am
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, among the supporters of the change, said the idea behind a new offense of "driving while ability impaired" — DWAI — would cover drivers whose blood-alcohol content is between 0.05 and 0.07.That would be less than the 0.08 level required before police can charge a motorist with drunken driving. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 2:04 pm
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, among the supporters of the change, said the idea behind a new offense of "driving while ability impaired" - DWAI - would cover drivers whose blood-alcohol content is between 0.05 and 0.07. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 12:19 pm
Austin police chief Art Acevedo is among those supporting a new crime of “driving while ability impaired,” which would make it a crime to drive with a blood alcohol level between 0.05 and 0.07. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 8:07 am
Yesterday, Chief Art Acevedo announced that a number of changes were being made to help decrease those distractions. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 8:40 am
And: Lehmberg and Police Chief Art Acevedo said they remain confident in the work of the Austin police crime lab. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 7:44 am
In fact, when Art Acevedo became Austin's police chief, he eliminated daily news released that announced where the department was using radar. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 7:14 pm
Austin Police Chief Calls Got a call from Austin Police Chief Acevedo today. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 7:49 am
That's the dynamic that's led to the Austin city budget bleeding red after then-Mayor Kirk Watson backed massive raises for police in exchange for "concessions" like the right to bypass an officer for promotion based on their disciplinary history or other valid reasons.An example of that may be found in a story out of Austin about Chief Art Acevedo whose efforts to select commanders based on merit instead of tenure earned him a rebuke in… [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 3:05 pm
From the Statesman: Austin city council members, in a unanimous vote, approved a resolution today that said it is their “clear will” and the community’s desire that police officers not personally collect blood from drunken driving suspects — an idea Police Chief Art Acevedo had floated for months. [read post]
23 Oct 2009, 12:27 am
Though the resolution was weakened at the last minute, Chief Art Acevedo says APD will honor the council's wilshes and not train its officers as phlebotomists. [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 11:28 pm
It's interesting to learn that the percentage of sustained complaints against police officers has gone up under Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, but there's something a bit squirrelly about attributing the increase to a new policy having supervisors investigate low-level complaints instead of Internal Affairs.APD told the Statesman shifting to supervisor investigations "has resulted in a higher percentage of officers getting disciplined and… [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 2:15 am
I didn't mean to harm Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, but certainly I'd like to bring to ruin his plans to pursue anonymous commenters for potential criminal charges or civil litigation. [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]
28 Aug 2009, 1:08 am
Police Chief Art Acevedo said that the ban would most likely exempt officers but that he encourages officers to use the computers only while stopped at red lights. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 1:08 am
Police Chief Art Acevedo said that the ban would most likely exempt officers but that he encourages officers to use the computers only while stopped at red lights. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 8:26 am
A panel discussion took place in Miami, FL that included: Chief John Timoney, of Miami; Chief Art Acevedo, of Austin, Texas;... [read post]
15 May 2009, 8:09 am
"Photo lineups that follow best practices," is the Statesman editorial from the Thursday edition.We're talking about an initiative by Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo to devise written policies that govern how investigators conduct photo lineups. [read post]
12 May 2009, 9:50 am
If you're a police officer, you - unlike every else - won't get a traffic citation:Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo responded with a powerful statement: "It is a concern. [read post]
