Confusion Continues in Police Academy Reboot

Efforts to revise the curriculum taught at the Austin police academy proceed in turmoil

"...the video materials and curriculum taught at the Austin police academy continue to proceed in turmoil, as the Austin..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Hits Pause on Police Academy Curriculum Review

Volunteer review committee expresses concern over stalled process

"...The volunteers helping to "reimagine" the Austin Police Academy are sounding alarms after the Austin Police Department..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy

“It comes down to the culture”

"...Two new city reports on the Austin Police Department's training academy highlight the cultural problems and racial..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Despite "Positive Strides," APD Academy's Not Reimagined Yet

Chief, advocates agree that more changes must be made

"...May to commence a new cadet class at Austin’s police academy after a pause of nearly a year, local..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: A Wary, Cloudy Start for a New Police Cadet Class

“Reimagined” academy still a work in progress

"...The Austin Police Department has the green light to induct the first..."

May 7, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

APD Veteran Named Interim Police Chief as City Launches Speedy Search

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

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

March 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Amid Tough Questioning, Council Confirms Chacon as New Police Chief

Alter, Kelly vote against longtime APD insider

"...Sept. 30 confirmed Joseph Chacon’s appointment as Austin’s new police chief on a 9-2 vote, with Council Members Alison..."

Oct. 2, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

APD "Reimagined" Training Academy Still a Work in Progress

Adoption of new curriculum for pilot cadet class scheduled for May 31

"...The Austin Police Department has the green light to induct the first..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Mulls Radical Changes to Police Structure

Reimagining public safety – and how to pay for it

"...safety – looking for ways to reduce the Austin Police Department's budget by at least $100 million. [inset-1-right]..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Police Chief Fights Back as Council Cuts APD Budget

Chief Brian Manley remains defiant

"...least 10 years, reduce the budget of the Austin Police Department – and possibly by a historic amount –..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Police Live by Their Own COVID Rules, It Seems

A closer look at vaccine and mask policies among Austin's first responders

"...Public-sector responders and essential workers – police officers, firefighters, medics, teachers and librarians, park rangers and..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...third-party investigation known as the Tatum report revealed a police force beset by a culture of racism and a..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

FY21 Budget Passes Unanimously With Big Cuts to Austin Police Funding

Council members celebrate first step, but acknowledge hard work ahead

"...to immediately cut about $20 million from the Austin Police Department budget, investing all of it into programs meant..."

Aug. 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Police Union President Points Fingers After Shooting Death

Casaday blames staffing shortages and "perishable" training

"...Feb. 8 shooting of 17-year-old David Joseph by Austin Police Depart­ment Officer Geoffrey Freeman, the Austin Police Association has..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...Last July, as anger with the Austin Police Department washed over the city's budget deliberations, the big..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Ugly End to Jason Dusterhoft's Police Career Was Only the Beginning for APD

Three chiefs gone in Austin

"...meeting room. Manley had become Austin's interim chief of police six months earlier, and Dusterhoft was one of seven..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...to reduce the size and scope of the Austin Police Department. As he engages with the community as chair..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Police and Thieves in the Street

Why do people say “ACAB”? Allow Austin’s warrior-cop lobby to demonstrate.

"...for as much disinvestment as possible from the Austin Police Department in the city's new budget. The $8 million..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Overall Thankful for Austin Police

"...Dear Editor, Nora Ankrum's article on APD's Citizen Police Academy was a real eye-opener for me [“My Semester..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Republicans Vow to “Re-Fund the Police” by Seizing Local Control

State grabs power to dictate local public safety budgets

"...measures this session to target localities that "defund the police" – that not only strike at the ability of..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Extends Contract With Kroll to Continue Austin Police Review

Phase C to examine APD complaint and grievance procedures

"...third phase of its comprehensive review of the Austin Police Department. "Phase C" of the review will focus on..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Closer Look at the Resolutions To Address Structural Police Reform

"...is set to start down the path toward structural police reform with passage of the following four resolutions: Item..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Police Monitor: What Brown can do

The process is supposedly still open, but Travis Co. prosecutor Cliff Brown looks like a lock for the Police Monitor job

"...to be one candidate for the job of Austin Police Monitor on whom everyone, from police accountability advocates to..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hold Those Who Oversee Police Accountable

"...Dear Editor, Advocates for police accountability worked hard to get our city to hire..."

Jan. 17, 2010 Postmarks

Police Blotter

"...Larry Manale with the Lubbock Police called the Chronicle this week in hopes of finding..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Column

Reports Challenge "Fear-Based" Model for Training APD Cadets

Police Academy zero

"...A trio of reports on the Austin police academy have concluded that the paramilitary approach it uses..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

"...turns out there are people riding around with Austin Police Department cops all the time, from cadets in training..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Glass Shield

In this often overlooked film by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep With Anger), a black cop in an all-white police station confronts racism from his colleagues and incredulity from his family and community

"...J.J. Johnson (Boatman), who has just graduated from the police academy. It's clear that the cartoon images are his..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Car 54, Where are You?

"...original series centered around the on- and off-duties of police officers Francis Muldoon (John McGinley in the role originated..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Surf Ninjas

California surf dudes are actually heirs to an Asian island empire that has been taken over by an evil despot.

"...(Reyes, Sr.) and accompanied by friend Schneider and L.A. police detective Loc, they return home to face their destiny...."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

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