Managing Secrets

Council's search for city manager may be confidential ... or not

"...Interim CM Elaine Hart (formerly the city’s chief financial officer) is ably handling the job for now,..."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: How Will We Manage?

Council looks for a new manager, and new kind

"...is now working amicably with the council on the search process and will likely remain in a consulting capacity..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...little to do with it – was hiring a police chief. I don't think council should have had more..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...APD Chief Candidates: City Manager T.C. Broadnax has narrowed down the..."

July 19, 2024 News Feature

APD Top Brass Contacted Former D.A. Staffer for “Anonymous Stories” on José Garza’s Office

D.A. says APD “condone” apparent search for dirt on him

"...Is the Austin Police Department trying to dig up dirt on District Attorney..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD to Collect More Data

APD will change policy to require numbers for all stop-and-searches

"...The Austin Police Department will begin tracking data on instances in which..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Don't Leave Us in the Dark

Local activists sign on to letter asking city manager to ensure public participation in process of selecting a new police chief

"...participation in the process of selecting a new Austin Police chief. "We … write to demonstrate [our] concern regarding..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...at noon, Feb. 5, same place. -- A.S. 10-4, Chief Watson With a hesitant smile and restrained demeanor, Police..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature

APD Holds Little Back in Dusterhoft Firing

Seedy personal life at center of assistant chief's tumble from heights of police brass

"...A tweet from April 2014 captures disgraced Austin Police Department Assistant Chief Jason Dusterhoft on the upswing, grinning..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the Congress Avenue bridge to protest the leadership of Chief Animal Services Officer Don Bland. The Animal Advisory Commission..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...week after a city investigation concluded that 25 Uvalde police officers had acted in “good faith” and were not..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature

Spencer Cronk Named City Manager

Minneapolis city coordinator selected Tuesday by City Council

"...the renegotiation of two meet-and-confer agreements (with the Austin Police Association and Austin-Travis County EMS Association), and, in more..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Asking About APD

Department seeks feedback on its approach to community policing

"...the city finished conducting its survey on "the Austin Police Department's approaches to community policing and how they may..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Buehler's Civil Case Dismissed, for Now

Cop watch activist plans to appeal

"...An eventful week – during which police accountability activist Antonio Buehler had two misdemeanor charges dismissed..."

Feb. 23, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...he moved here from the California Highway Patrol, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo confirmed this week that he's been..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature

Body in Waller Creek Identified

Haruka Weiser, 18, was last seen on Sunday evening

"...Police have identified Haruka Weiser as the woman found dead..."

April 7, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Council and the City Manager

Tracking back on a lengthy and complicated search

"...mayor" system under which the mayor is also the chief executive. ("Spencer Cronk Named City Manager," Dec. 22) Cronk..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that his life was in imminent danger." – Austin Police Chief Stan Knee, in his Feb. 9 memo announcing..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...job with the chamber of commerce in Atlanta. A search committee is expected to cast a wide net for..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature

ACLU on Top Cop Finalists

ACLU gives the top two APD chief finalists good grades – others not weird enough.

"...excuse us, news today that Toby Futrell's narrowed her search for the Austin Police Department's next chief to two..."

June 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...to rejoin the TCSO as the agency's new deputy chief, replacing Chief Deputy Dan Richards, who is retiring on..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...rains, it pours -- resignations, that is. First the police chief, and now fire chief Robin Paulsgrove is set..."

June 6, 1997 News Feature

A Solitary Manley

On the vetting process for Austin's chief of police

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk announced in April that Interim Chief of Police Brian Manley was the sole finalist in..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...obvious choice that we now wonder why a name search was needed," says the city. (The Chronicle had suggested..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...What a wacky tour of duty it was for Police Chief Elizabeth Watson. After a tumultuous five-year stint, she..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

Council: Public Safety & Their People

Fire stations, police officers, and the money assigned to both

"...Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday has spent the past couple..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...threats came from an unidentified, apparently homeless man who police say likely suffers from psychiatric issues. Still, the timing's..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...to find a man attacking her (she was injured, police say, but also survived the attack) – has put..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...considering a bid for the contract to manage the nuclear-research facility, which is being farmed out by the feds..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Do Not Resist Charts the Rise of the Militarization of Law Enforcement

Documentary offers a critical look at evolving present-day policing efforts

"...in the backdrop, the first scenes of Craig Atkinson's police documentary Do Not Resist threaten violence, staged on the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

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