Police Oversight: Starting From Scratch

Farah Muscadin’s work in progress

"...IA investigations, no matter the discipline), and providing the CRP with more privileged access to IA investigations. But reformers..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Substantive Proposals

Police oversight, left and right

"...agreed upon and ratified by City Council (should the CRP be included in those terms)...."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...Hart Shutters CRP: Interim City Manager Elaine Hart officially shut down the..."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature

Beside the Point: What a Mess

Police impasse throws city system into disarray

"...filing; the Police Monitor's discretion to question officers; the CRP's ability to observe interviews; the chief's responses to the..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column by Chase Hoffberger

Life After Meet-and-Confer

City, police get ready for civil service

"...barred Council from creating any parallel process to the CRP, so there are sure to be ideas thrown around..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

A (Citizen Review) Panel of Experts?

New police contract places term limits on CRP

"...under the radar is reinstatement of term limits for CRP members, an effort to balance the preservation of institutional..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

A (Citizen Review) Panel of Experts?

Council considers police contract today at 3pm

"...the radar is the reinstatement of term limits for CRP members, an effort to balance the preservation of institutional..."

Dec. 13, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Activists' Hopes for Police Negotiations Hinge on Statute of Limitations

Focus part of effort to overhaul culture of APD

"...hear disputed disciplinary cases. Police sources point to the CRP as just one thing the community would lose if..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Labor Negotiations: A Matter of Police Oversight

Police Monitor Deven Desai brings his agenda to bargaining sessions

"...Citizen Review Panel can issue disciplinary recommendations. Currently, the CRP can only recommend discipline in critical incidents (in-custody deaths,..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

What Will It Take to Get More Police Oversight?

If Greg Casar wants more accountability for cops, the city’s gonna need to give the police union some more money

"...how that's occurred has been under fire since the CRP's beginning, when panelists unanimously voted to recommend an independent..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Budget, Contracts, and APD

Activists press City Council on police accountability

"...Panel – attorney Rebecca Webber, a member of the CRP (also current chair of the Public Safety Commission), specifically..."

April 24, 2017 News Post by Michael King

APA President Files Grievance

Complaint calls for Citizen Review Panel overhaul, Frasier's dismissal

"...The APA's issues with the CRP are clear-cut: Casaday and company don't believe the seven-member..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Shout Into the Wind

The Citizen Review Panel takes public testimony on David Joseph

"...Affairs investigations (and rejected complaints) conducted at APD. The CRP discusses those findings in a hyper-private executive session, then..."

March 11, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...executive session after Boland's comments. One week later, the CRP issued a memo to Acevedo. The memo made clear..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...2005, after watching Sheffield maneuver that patchy stretch of CRP negotiations, he said the association ought to "put up..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...at a moving vehicle (no one was injured). The CRP called the circumstances "extraordinary," but said the shooting violated..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature

Point Austin: An Institutional Failure

The Carter verdict does not exonerate the APD

"...should be terminated. Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that the CRP had not conducted an independent investigation of the shooting..."

June 14, 2013 News Column by Michael King

New Police Contract Would Allow Public Release of Citizen Review Panel Documents

Officers must vote to approve new four-year contract

"...Currently, all recommendations made by the CRP are confidential unless discipline is imposed by the chief...."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

UPDATED: Officer on Stand in Civil Rights Case

APD Officer Nathan Wagner testifies about police shooting

"...Acevedo said that to allow a memo containing the CRP conclusions into evidence would only confuse jurors seated in..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: 'This Case Is Different'

Grand jury, citizen review, and now judge suggest officers culpable in Carter shooting

"...injury," as required by law and APD policy. The CRP wrote that to APD a year-and-a-half ago in a..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Judge on Byron Carter Shooting: Take It to a Jury

Judge clears the way for family of victim of fatal police shooting to pursue civil rights suit

"...(not quite five months after the Carter shooting), the CRP concluded that for his actions, Wagner should be fired...."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UPDATED: Take It To a Jury: Judge Rules in Carter Shooting

Conclusions similar to those in confidential city memo

"...(not quite five months after the Carter shooting), the CRP concluded that for his actions, Wagner should be fired...."

May 22, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Carter Shooting: Attorney Challenges Official Story

Family attorney challenges official version of Carter shooting

"...have been fired. Loewy argues that details from the CRP's findings need to be included in his motion arguing..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The SOS Ordinance Turns 20

Remembrances of an election that changed Austin's political environment

"...PUD and other developments that would follow. "Moles" within CRP – in reality, staff members who sympathized with the..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Who Leaked Police Info?

Police union president calls for city action

"...to drive into his partner, Officer Jeffrey Rodriguez. The CRP reviewed the case last year, and last week the..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Panel Reviews Fatal Police Shooting

Officers should be fired, NAACP leader says

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Proof of Nothing

When you were busted for public intoxication, were you drunk? Or did you just piss off a cop?

"...knee-jerk reaction," she said. "Take action," she told the CRP, "and make recommendations [to APD] that officers are going..."

June 24, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Muffling the Monitor

Frasier's reviews send salutary ripples through the APD pond

"...death or serious injury) and then only through the CRP – the SWAT incident apparently wouldn't qualify. But the..."

June 10, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Watching the Watchers

City nears a crucial choice for the next police monitor

"...question is how much power the monitor and the CRP should have – some police advocates still grumble that..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Cutting on the Bias

Is Christopher Dunn APD's designated fall guy ... or a potential domino?

"...completed, the summary conclusions were passed on to the CRP. Ultimately, that panel requested an outside investigation, prompted by..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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