ARA, CRP, E-I-E-I-O -- The Central East Scorecard

An introduction to the East Austin revitalization efforts.

"...them while focusing on East 11th Street, and the CRP as currently written, which calls for mixed use (including..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

CRP Requests Outside Investigation of Sanders Shooting

Panel asked whether police had probable cause to 'interfere' with Sanders and friends – much less shoot them

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

CRP Leak

The city wants to know who leaked the Citizens Review Panel recommendations to the press

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

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

To Your Health

What is CRP and what is the connection to cancer?

"...at my last physical exam my physician included a CRP test among other routine blood tests, and it came..."

May 21, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

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

Staking Out the Brack Tract

West Austin residents participate in Brack's planning process but question whether their concerns will be taken to heart

"...from UT projects to environmental sensitivity. On Nov. 5, CRP hosted two public workshop sessions in which facilitators assisted..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

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

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...both the ARA's East 11th/12th Street Community Redevelopment Plan (CRP) and its Central East Austin Master Plan (CEAMP). The..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Feature

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

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

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: The Schroeder File

For APD and Austin, Knee's decision was the right one

"...me that any other decision is possible. Both the CRP and Knee concluded that Schroeder panicked under pressure and..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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

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

Muny Isn't Part of UT's Grand Plans

Consultant rolls out two master plans for UT's Brackenridge Tract

"...Where Muny now sits, CRP envisions a meandering central park built along the intermittently..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

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

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

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

Naked City

Ashton Cumberbatch takes the hot seat at a low point in police-community relations

"...officer-involved shooting -- the death of Sophia King. (The CRP referred the King case to an outside investigator, but..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...The CRP is one of the bodies that review citizen complaints..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

'Leak' on Recommendation to Fire Officer Prompts Complaint From Police Union

Austin Police Association President Mike Sheffield has filed formal complaints with city alleging someone from Police Monitor's office and/or the Citizen Review Panel leaked panel's disciplinary recommendations regarding shooting death of Daniel Rocha.

"...Tom Stribling and filed with Futrell last week, the CRP's disciplinary recommendations, which the contract mandates remain confidential until..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Central East Austin, On the Ground

"...According to the CRP document, adopted in 1999, East 11th "has been conceptualized..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature

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?

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

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

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

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