Dallas Police Shooting Memorial

"...July 12, law enforcement, elected officials, dignitaries, and the Dallas community gathered at an interfaith memorial service at the..."

July 13, 2016 Photo Gallery

Dallas Police Say One Line Is Fine

"...The Dallas City Council Public Safety Committee on Jan. 7 approved..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Dallas Police Memorial

"...The Austin Police Association and Austin Police Department held a vigil Thursday..."

July 15, 2016 Photo Gallery

PHOTOS: Dallas Police Shooting Memorial

July 15, 2016 News Feature

Chief Acevedo Responds to Dallas Sniper Attack

APD will be at 100% staffing patrol through August

"...In a press conference Friday afternoon, Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo turned statesman, speaking more broadly,..."

July 8, 2016 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Slams Obama Over Support for Police

In response, POTUS reiterates support for law enforcement

"...enforcement enough amid growing violence between black communities and police officers...."

July 14, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

UPDATED: Austin Police Department's Alarming Use of Force Rate

Injury-causing force used in over 900 traffic stops in 2018

"...Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told the Chronicle this afternoon that..."

April 10, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Peace Officer Puts a Face on Police Militarization

Film details a former sheriff's search for answers

"...this week at SXSW, deals with the rise of police militarization and use-of-force deaths...."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Amy Kamp

Acevedo Up for Job in Dallas

APD chief one of six finalists to take over as Dallas top cop

"...Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo announced Monday night that he has..."

March 9, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Acevedo on Dallas, Austin, and Ambition

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

April 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...She wanted to ask why Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who shot Mike Ramos in late April, hadn't..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Negotiations Continue on New Contract Between the City and Police Union

Slow progress at the bargaining table

"...The Austin Police Association continues its meet-and-confer negotiations with the city under..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Abbott Wants to Extend Hate Crime Protections to Police

"...announced Monday that he plans to push a new "Police Protection Act" through state Legislature during the 2017 session...."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Police Say 'No' to Immigration Enforcement

Localizing immigration enforcement is harmful

"...say Wiles and other law enforcement officials including Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo, Dallas Co. Sheriff Lupe Valdez,..."

Feb. 17, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Local Police Train Up on Hate Crime

Matthew Shepard Foundation helps create intra-agency network

"...across Central Texas, and even as far away as Dallas, attended a daylong hate crime training in Austin on..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Debate Over Police Roadblocks

Senate floor is hopping with debate on whether police should be allowed to set up roadblocks to find drunk drivers

"...Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 298, which would create police checkpoints for officers to check for drunk driving. The..."

March 30, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Davis: Abbott Failed to Police CPRIT

Senator accuses attorney general of turning a blind eye

"...he did not seem to be that inquisitive. The Dallas Morning News found that in his five years on..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...– so good to see her!), and the stumped Dallas police officer trying to track him down, the rumpled..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Point Austin: The Chief Considers His Options

Dallas' recruitment of Art Acevedo deals him a very strong hand

"...Likely by the time you read this, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo will have completed his two days..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Parkland

The events surrounding the assasination of JFK are witnessed through the eyes of those who were there in this made-in-Austin film.

"...going about their lives on that fateful day in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...common sense: Remember HB 2918 by Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas? The bill limiting the ability of citizens to video..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Extras Sought for Tom Hanks-Produced 'Parkland'

Film shoots locally in January with Billy Bob Thornton & Paul Giamatti

"...the day of JFK’s assassination. (Parkland refers to the Dallas hospital where President Kennedy died.) The film is set..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Panel: The Future of Policing

That thin blue line is a little shaky and could definitely use some help

"...future and the present of policing – and especially police/community interaction – I’d swear they miss our former POTUS..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

They Killed the President

Dallas soul man Bobby Patterson once counted Jack Ruby a patron

"...the news: President Kennedy had been shot in downtown Dallas. "'Now how am I supposed to get to school,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: Hearts of Stone

There is little reason to expect the latest shootings will bring an end to gun violence

"...Barack Obama, speaking at the memorial for five murdered Dallas police officers..."

July 15, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Blue Spectre

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

"...Europe. It's a deep-blue apparition known as the Austin Police Association, and it's only haunting the Bat Cave on..."

June 30, 2006 News Column by Michael King

ARIC: Black Marchers With Guns?

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

"...group of armed Black activists marching through Downtown chanting anti-police sentiments became part of the Festival experience. "We wanted..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...After two years at UT, I applied to the Dallas police department, went home to Bryan, attended A&M for..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...do, it'll be very difficult to change our minds. Dallas Sees the Light Road warriors scoff at the notion..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Suspect Zero

There's a reason why this FBI agent who's chasing a serial killer has constant headaches: He's in the middle of a murky movie that mixes arch style with police procedural.

"...with the reason why he was transferred from the Dallas office to Albuquerque, or maybe the images have some..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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