Beside the Point

Can council seize the reins at City Hall?

"...If, indeed, it took a year to replace former police Chief Stan Knee – now likely ingratiated as thoroughly..."

July 20, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

T.C. Broadnax Selected as Austin’s Next City Manager

City Council to initiate hiring process next week

"...The search for Austin’s next city manager has come to an..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD's Stan Knee Goes East – Way East

After nine years, APD Chief Stan Knee steps down and moves – to Afghanistan

"...Effective June 4, Austin Police Chief Stan Knee will resign his position as APD's..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...May 3, 1954, in a precedent-setting opinion authored by Chief Justice Earl Warren, a unanimous Supreme Court disagreed. Hernandez..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Fire at AFD

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics

"...On a rainy weekday in September, Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr is sitting in her office. Apart..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...The police were not looking for LaShandra Charles and her cousin..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

How Jesús Garza’s Puzzling Appointment of Art Acevedo Backfired

Acevedo publicly declined the job, but sources say he had little choice

"...Art Acevedo – the polarizing police chief who fled the Austin Police Department in disgrace..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

"...blacks and Hispanics were far more likely to be searched during a traffic stop, but were less likely to..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD: Complaints Decrease, Disciplinary Actions Increase

Police monitor releases annual report

"...Beginning next month, any time Austin Police ask for consent to search an individual during a..."

July 23, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Activists Call for Heads at APD

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...groups has called on city leaders to fire Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, his Chief of Staff Troy Gay,..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...when or how the jacket went missing. The Pampa Police Depart­ment, which investigated the murders, originally held all of..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...about finding who'd ripped us off," he later told police. The group drove around the Eastside for a while..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Rise and Fall of Jason Dusterhoft (and His Frenemies)

A trip down APD's Memory Lane, from the Chronicle archives

"...– home of the executive team of the Austin Police Department – is such a long-running soap opera, we've..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature

The City's (Interim) Plan for the Public Safety Chiefs

Police, Fire, and Police Monitor all addressed

"...Manager Rey Arellano concerning the process for hiring permanent chiefs for the Police and Fire departments, and a police..."

April 6, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...so many of the same families involved and the police and the sheriff's department and I are just about..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...the next phase of civilian oversight of the Austin Police Department should be structured...."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...Watching a zombified Iggy Pop stagger around in search of hot coffee and warm flesh – apparently the..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Public-Safety Stories

"...3) APD Wants to Suck Your Blood Midyear, new police Chief Art Acevedo announced that the Austin Police Department..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who's in Charge at APD?

It's difficult to say who's running the cop shop these days

"...sitting up on the gilded fifth floor of Austin Police Department HQ, handling all the administrative goings-on and, ultimately,..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...enforcement priorities, especially in the face of a frustrating search for a police chief. With pressure mounting for city..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

APD's Early Warning System for Reckless and Aggressive Officers Is Broken. Is It Worth Fixing?

Falling into the GAP

"...Relations between the Austin Police Department and the people it serves are strained by..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: What’s Past and What’s Present

Capitol events provide a snapshot of current predicaments

"...– as it did in the July massacre of police in Dallas – and Saturday it was left to..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Officer-Involved Shooting in Southeast Austin

Police were attempting to execute drug-related search warrant

"...Austin police traded gunfire with the subject of a search warrant..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The search for the chiefs continues down at city hall. The..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature

APD Consent Searches Decrease

Consent searches often linked to racial profiling

"...Here’s a bit of good news, as Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo sees it, taken from the department’s..."

March 28, 2012 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

Cadet Training Delayed as APD Continues Reckoning With Charges of Racism

More investigations and audits for the Austin Police

"...Cronk has delayed the start of the next Austin Police Depart­ment cadet class from June to mid-July to allow..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Six Figures of Sick Pay

Art Acevedo backpedals on a suspension to avoid arbitration

"...Former Austin Police Lieutenant Johnny McMiller won a contract grievance against the..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

More Questions Than Answers in APD Shooting

Department says they'll have a clearer picture as investigation proceeds

"...At a press conference Monday afternoon, Austin Police Assistant Chief Brian Man­ley acknowledged that the fatal shooting..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...that Stites' fiancé, Jimmy Fennell Jr., was a Giddings police officer -- had in fact worked their separate influence..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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