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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...for more reaction. Naked City• The Office of the Police Monitor's Citizen Review Panel will meet Monday, Oct. 31,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the fires of discrimination." – State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, on his "tagging" (delay) of HJR 6, the latest..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Descent into Hell

The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.

"...hearing), the council will examine the planning and development departments and utilities, and on August 28 and 29 it..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lean and ... Leaner

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

"...sales and property taxes live and which supports city departments that are not self-supporting: police, fire, EMS, parks, libraries,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How Transparent Is APD?

The most? Least? That depends on who you ask.

"...summer, at a contract bargaining session between the Austin Police Association and city, APA President Ken Casaday issued a..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...week. A few days before the march, former Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo appeared on KEYE-TV to admonish those..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

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News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...the States­man's woes are hardly unusual. Last week the Houston Chronicle told Austin subscribers it will no longer deliver..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...going to Sierra Leone to serve as a senior police advisor with the United Nations – and Robert Dahlstrom,..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Austin Police arrested and charged 22-year-old Gerardo Benitez Aguilar on Dec...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the SEIU recently began a major organizing effort among Houston janitors...."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Racial Profiling Data Illuminating, yet Inconclusive

The nation's most comprehensive study to date shows a pattern suggesting profiling, but reporting methods need more uniformity

"...more than twice as likely to be searched by police than whites, while blacks are more than three times..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Skilling was taken to a hospital for psychological evaluation; police suggest alcohol was involved. Skilling's lawyer told reporters his..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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The Fraternal Order of Police is being accused of bad telemarketing again.

"...The Texas State Fraternal Order of Police is telemarketing again -- and complaints from the Dallas..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In and Out

Controversial sodomy law may be struck down

"...Tyrone Garner, were arrested for having anal sex after police broke into their bedroom on a false lead...."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

311 Story in Error

"..."...The 311 club, which the Austin Police department says may have a lax door policy and..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Policed State of JonesAfter a three-year pandemic hiatus, the Austin..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature

Manley Holds On as APD Chief – for the Moment

No movement despite growing calls from council and the community that the APD needs new leadership

"...Brian Manley will stay on as Austin's police chief – for now. City Manager Spencer Cronk made..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Uproar Over OCD

Union says politics at play, brass says business as usual

"...Something is happening inside the Austin Police Department's high-profile Organized Crime Division – what, exactly, depends..."

Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...we're saying [to the DOJ]: Bring it on."– Acting Police Chief Cathy Ellison, responding to news that the civil..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

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Off the Desk:

"...speed humps. Until then, the city plans to have police write more speeding tickets on high-traffic streets...."

May 30, 1997 News Feature

Nobody Wants to Stop Voters From Approving Prop A

Pro-legalization and pro-freedom folks see eye to eye on the May 7 ballot

"...ban the use of 'no knock' warrants by Austin police." Its supporters call it the Austin Freedom Act; on..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Safe Place?

Parties, alcohol, and attitudes are contributing to a high number of sexual assaults in Austin

"...nearly 900 sexual assaults were reported to the Austin Police Department and Travis County Sheriff's Office alone, however, both..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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"...second), Harris, Hart, Hill (except grades second and third), Houston, Langford, Lee, Linder, Mathews, Mills, Odom, Perez, Rodriguez, Walnut..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature

Lege Notes: Taser talk and more

Stories from under the pink granite dome

"...to restrict the use of electroshock Taser weapons by police only to those situations where the police would also..."

March 2, 2007 News Column

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In other APD news, police have charged 51-year-old Jerry Dale Carver, minister of education..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...on to become president of a charitable foundation, the Houston Endowment...."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...recount. GOP casualties include our own Jack Stick and Houston toad Talmadge Heflin. Todd Baxter barely survives – maybe...."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a case spotlighting the shoddy evidence-handling of the troubled Houston police crime lab. See p.26...."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...story homes and duplexes for retirees. In 2000, a Houston development group proposed to ignore that intent and build..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

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Convicted for a murder he did not commit, Christopher Ochoa was freed in Austin thanks to the efforts of a project all the way in Wisconsin.

"...Ochoa -- who had confessed to the crime because police convinced him it was the only way to avoid..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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