Austin @ Large: Oversight, Out of Mind

As the city and police union move forward, what's being left behind?

"...revised," Futrell says. "We decided to seek enhancements on oversight and on tenure on patrol" – allocating some of..."

March 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What Will It Take to Get More Police Oversight?

If Greg Casar wants more accountability for cops, the city’s gonna need to give the police union some more money

"...public would lose its previously negotiated arm of civilian oversight. Policing is perpetually hot, and very often in the..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

A (Citizen Review) Panel of Experts?

Council considers police contract today at 3pm

"...empowering the Office of the Police Monitor and its Citizen Review Panel, which meets monthly to discuss complaints and..."

Dec. 13, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

A (Citizen Review) Panel of Experts?

New police contract places term limits on CRP

"...empowering the Office of the Police Monitor and its Citizen Review Panel, which meets monthly to discuss complaints and..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Police Oversight: Starting From Scratch

Farah Muscadin’s work in progress

"...ongoing effort to revamp the city's system for police oversight. She was talking specifically about comparative systems, and how..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Community-Built, Community-Driven Oversight?

Austin's activists have got a plan

"...with it expired language that both provided for the Citizen Review Panel and barred the city from experimenting with..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Labor Negotiations: A Matter of Police Oversight

Police Monitor Deven Desai brings his agenda to bargaining sessions

"...labor groups. At issue were three matters relevant to oversight – as such, the dominant figure on the city's..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Naked City

The Austin Police Department approves a $40 million pay raise for officers as part of its meet and confer contract negotiations; more contentious, however, is a police oversight provision that activists say was "gutted" in the process.

"...that Austin really needs in order to protect its citizens from bad cops and police abuse. Given that the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...the Austin Police Department will now be monitored by citizens like yourselves. It remains to be seen whether what..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APA President Files Grievance

Complaint calls for Citizen Review Panel overhaul, Frasier's dismissal

"...role OPM plays in the city's commitment to police oversight...."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin @ Large: The Real 'Victim No. 1'

Another summer, another shooting, and a moment of truth for police oversight

"...by anger over the fatal shooting of an African-American citizen by a white Austin police officer, and for the..."

June 27, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet-and-Confer Draws Fire

Council takes a deep breath, gets reassurances from staff about police contract

"...police accountability advocates about seemingly dramatic changes to the citizen oversight provisions, as well as concerns about the agreement's..."

March 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

APA, Futrell Turn Up the Heat

The city manager and police union continue slinging barbs over the withholding of the King investigation results.

"...probe initiated by the Office of the Police Monitor's citizen review panel...."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Meet and Obscure

The new police contract is neither the cause nor cure of the APD crisis

"...choice but to approve the meet-and-confer contract, but many citizens, and perhaps some council members, will be looking (or..."

March 26, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Who's Watching the Police?

Police Tout Poll

"...said that the association had agreed to support the oversight commission (as long as its recommendations were subjected to..."

May 14, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Prepare for Departure

Mueller Airport Redevelopment Project Inches Toward Council Approval

"...village. These SmartGrown attributes, exotic flora when the old Citizens for Airport Relocation (CARE) first alluded to them in..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mum's the Word

Blind Oversight

"...The Brackenridge Hospital Oversight Council is many things to many people. From the..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Budget, Contracts, and APD

Activists press City Council on police accountability

"...ranged from those asking for more authority for the Citizen Review Panel – attorney Rebecca Webber, a member of..."

April 24, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Governing Boards

A commission to study commissions -- it's not a political parody, it's for real.

"...solution has been to interpose more than five dozen citizen boards and commissions between the tiny City Council and..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Bond Booty: Fantasy and Reality

Striking a balance among the various interests wanting a slice of the city bonds pie

"...interests at the table. Tom Terkel, who chaired the citizen committee, admits that he, too, might have prioritized the..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin, Texas.

"...department heads through this touchy-feely stuff on treating the citizens as customers," Levy says. "I think they've forgotten that"…..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Brian Manley: “Austin’s Next Police Chief”

APD vet expects appointment Thursday at Council

"...change in the department around areas of community policing, oversight and accountability," but the city manager chalked those concerns..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

RomaDesign Group prepares to present its revised redevelopment plan for Robert Mueller Airport to theCity Council; now the ex-airport just needs some tenants.

"...to take charge of the site, with some as-yet-ill-defined oversight authority by the city...."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Yet More King Wrangling

"...acknowledges that the police contract -- which created the citizen-oversight process now getting a workout in the King case..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Substantive Proposals

Police oversight, left and right

"...they consider to be a red line of police oversight, Muscadin emphasized that the office will continue to operate..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...in its entirety by either the city or its citizenry (though Roma refers to it as an appendix to..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Health Scare

Citizen Group Looks Out for Health Clinics

"...The Indigent Care Work Team includes citizens from various health fields and organizations who will help..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...5) The citizens who didn't vote at all, who could have given..."

July 4, 2003 Column

Then There's This: A Victory for Activists?

Council may retain oversight of Austin Energy

"...What a difference three months of citizen hell-raising makes...."

May 17, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

The Daily Hustle: 4/19/10

This post is for the birds

"...million for the Mexic-Arte Museum, a new Hispanic/Latino Community Oversight Team, and some grackle-addled proposals for what may be..."

April 19, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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