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"...The public backlash to Interim City Manager Jesús Garza’s..."

"...$271,000-a-year position as an interim assistant city manager overseeing APD – a new role created for him by interim..."

"...Art Acevedo, a controversial former chief of the Austin..."

"...Police Department in two weeks, ending a career at APD that spanned more than two decades and saw the..."

"...their final report. Overall, the report found that while APD has made improvements, much remains to be done...."

"...many feelings among Repub­licans who'd pointed to their past collaborations with Dems like Rodriguez...."

"...lead plaintiff in the federal suit. Notoriously, the botched DNA testing of Reyes' rape kit helped shut down APD's..."

"...advocating for improvements within the Sex Crimes Unit at APD for years now with little to no real change,"..."

"...Going into Thursday’s Council meeting, it wasn’t clear Chacon..."

"...budget deliberations, the big question was: How low can APD funding go? In this year's budget season, the script..."

"...and get a college degree, his leadership role at APD was the highlight of his professional life...."

"...pseudonym used to protect her privacy dating back to APD affidavits from 2008-09...."

"...Police Department. The move comes almost five years after APD's DNA crime lab was forced to shut down after..."

"...Nearly five years after the Austin Police Department’s DNA crime lab was forced to shut down amid claims..."

"...The appeal asks the 5CA to reverse Yeakel and..."

"...The money divested from APD will be reinvested into social services, including $6.5 million..."

"...a third party conduct a comprehensive evaluation of how APD investigates sexual assaults. Over the summer, the defendants argued..."

"...advocates." In the three years since Moore took office, collaboration between survivors, advocates, and law enforcement has broken down...."

"...With the contract between the city of Austin and..."

"...Since the Austin Police Department shuttered its flawed crime lab in 2016, two firms – local Signature Science and..."

"...In the quest to find justice for local rape..."

"...kits had finally been tested. On Friday, Feb. 22, APD Assistant Chief Ely Reyes gave a short update on..."

"...audit of Austin Police Department’s handling of rape cases, APD Chief Brian Manley confirmed: APD agrees with most of..."

"...guaranteed leave – to interact with the public. The labor protection became a target of anti-Austin, anti-worker hysteria. The..."

"...Meanwhile, the City and APD argued against the suit’s allegations that they violated survivors’..."

"...to over 4,000 after the 2016 implosion of the APD forensics lab and included kits dating as far back..."

"...city's already large backlog ballooned to over 4,000 after APD's DNA lab shuttered in June 2016. As of April,..."

"...Muscadin along with a group of stakeholders from both APD and the community at large are working on an..."

"...what to do with the Austin Police Department's forensics lab. In a memo sent to the mayor and City..."

"...Sheriff Sally Hernandez, alleging that years of failures at APD’s crime lab and at the District Attorney’s Office have..."