Austin Regional Intelligence Center's Secret Informants Show How Profiling Works

“Middle Eastern”? Your info might be on file at Austin’s fusion center.

"...to Lebanon. The report, which was sent to an intelligence fusion center run by the Austin Police Department, stated..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Reefer Madness: Austin Is 'Command Center' for Drug Trafficking

City could draw federal dollars with new designation

"...Austin is now officially a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area,..."

April 9, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City Hall Hustle: Confusion Center

The devil's in the details of collecting intelligence

"...it's telling that civil libertarians' latest complaint about the Austin Regional Intelligence Center – a Central Texas addition to the..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Austin at Large: ARIC, Meet ALICE

Two acronyms walk into an ongoing conversation about justice and equity

"...the fratty, cocky yet easily frightened law enforcement "fusion center" with its network of secret spies. Then there's ALICE..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Step Up to Citizenship

The curtain rises on the annual budget pageant – places, please

"...ends in the dismal reality of fall (or in Austin's case, still grueling hot September). Actually, as Dunbar points..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Acevedo on Dallas, Austin, and Ambition

"...On Monday, March 29, I spoke with Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo about the status of..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good

Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords

"...Artificial intelligence is a rapidly growing field that has the potential..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Point Austin: Prog Blogs

The progressive bloggers are establishing a political agenda

"...Next weekend, the Austin Convention Center will be awash in progressive bloggers, as..."

July 11, 2008 News Column by Michael King

South of Austin, White Supremacist Groups Are Flourishing

Patriot Front manager identified in Hays County

"...Wimberley – the picturesque village an hour southwest of Austin – is home to several notable musicians, including Paul..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature by Jordan Buckley

ARIC: Black Marchers With Guns?

How the Huey P. Newton Gun Club got caught up in Austin Regional Intelligence Center's snitching program

"...Unknown to Balogun at the time, the Austin Regional Intelligence Center, a multiagency "fusion center" operated by..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

APD’s Secret Informants Eyeing Neighbors for “Suspicious” Activity, Leaked Documents Reveal

APD intel center puts spies among us

"...In early June, an intelligence center operated by the Austin Police Department was hacked,..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Lighting a Fuse

Critics see Big Brother in proposed data-sharing center

"...bong-smoking, V for Vendetta-viewing Ron Paulite to think "fusion centers" are a bad idea? That was the unspoken question..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Is ARIC Still Watching?

Though under scrutiny, fusion center still keeps tabs on protests

"...on the heels of the BlueLeaks hack of national intelligence "fusion centers" that we've covered at the Chronicle, recently..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Is Ron Paul A Domestic Terrorist?

One fusion center apparently thinks so

"...At best, so-called "fusion centers," law enforcement intelligence gathering operations, can enhance public safety...."

Sept. 12, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

ARIC Informants Have Watched Local Leftists for Years

Secret police intelligence “Antifa affinity groups”

"...Chronicle has described the Marxist-aligned direct-action groups working in Austin as part of "a hard-left activist ecosystem." Longtime community..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

City Hall Hustle: Fluoride, Firewalls, and Fusion

The fluoride fight goes on, and in other news ...

"...report was just the tip of the fluoridated iceberg. Austin's fluoridation policies, defended in a city staff report commissioned..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Drug Trafficking Gets Intense?

Feds designate Austin as high-intensity drug trafficking zone

"...According to Drug Enforcement Agency Agent Gregory Thrash, Austin has recently been designated a High Intensity Drug Trafficking..."

April 5, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

APD Infiltrates Occupy: How Many Officers Does it Take to 'Protect' Free Speech?

Lawyer says up to six APD officers involved in watching OA

"...It was the arrest of six members of Occupy Austin during a Houston demonstration in December 2011 that led..."

Feb. 23, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

APD Veteran Named Interim Police Chief as City Launches Speedy Search

Joe Chacon not a “placeholder,” says City Manager Cronk

"...Cronk to serve as the interim leader of the Austin Police Department while the city undergoes a search for..."

March 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Daily Hustle: 5/27/10 (Updated)

City Council convenes to crowded agenda

"...City Manager's annual performance evaluation, taxi franchise renewals, the Austin Regional Intelligence Center, and more...."

May 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Hooks 'Em!

UT budget brouhaha & fusion center follies

"...While the Totescast bleeds orange, UT Austin's budget this fiscal year just bleeds. Richard Whittaker breaks..."

May 20, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Council Recap: Chacon Still Can’t Seal the Deal for License Plate Readers

Privacy, justice advocates oppose surveillance program

"...to, once again, postpone a vote on allowing the Austin Police Department to reinstate use of its Automated License..."

Sept. 3, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...of a trove of documents hacked from a multi­-agency intelligence center operated by the Austin Police Department. The hack,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

ARIC and Privacy

'Unconstitutional on its face'

"...this over to Sgt. James Boujemaa from our Fusion Center ... they are up to speed on groups like..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

People Who "Don't Care"

"...have been waiting on a follow-up story about the Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) since it was promised in..."

Aug. 15, 2020 Postmarks

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

"...Austin police, like police everywhere, have an occupational obsession: sifting..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

APD Tracks Social Media

Local social media monitoring software company met with shady digital spying group

"...and DPS, asserts that Snap Trends "developed its software intelligence system to serve public safety organization [sic] and national..."

Sept. 4, 2015 News Feature by John Anderson

Council Preview: City Manager Review, Cab Vote, and More

Controversial items hit the dais this week

"...hot topic is Item 33, potential approval of the Austin Regional Intelligence Center, a "fusion center" clearinghouse for Central..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

ARIC Changes Its Course – a Little – on Privacy Issues

Suspicious Activity Reports to get a shorter shelf life

"...of the BlueLeaks hack as reported by the Chronicle, Austin Regional Intelligence Center Director Lt. Michael Earley stated in..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

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