Public Notice: Home Prices Still High

No surprise there, and they'll go higher. Plus policing.

"...priorities we should be discussing during our interviews and community discussions" about hiring the next Austin Police Department chief...."

May 21, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Getting What We Pay For

It costs real money to build a great city

"...also aware that our city, school district, county, and community college systems have made significant investments in public infrastructure..."

July 20, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...to grow. We have to re-evaluate, collectively, as a community what the standard of living we want to maintain..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond

"...street. The grant comes from the DOJ's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Universal Hiring Award program. The funds..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Police Substations

"...serve as a liaison between police headquarters and the community, and to give more support to troubled areas...."

March 21, 1997 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...female police chief, Watson's ambitious streamlining and focus on community policing left her frequenly embroiled in controversy. The Austin..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Feature

Education Austin Calls Out AISD Police

Austin Justice Coalition, the NAACP, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, and more insist on “roundtable discussion” to address policing in schools

"...A coalition of community activists gathered on Friday, Sept. 20, to call on..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...So the council called the COPS - the federal Community Oriented Policing program - for help. Last week, U.S...."

May 15, 1998 News Feature

Taken for a Ride

"...several domestic disturbance calls. We pull into the "fenced community" of Mason Manor -- the most problem-ridden housing project..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature

Pony Shows and Horse Trading

Councilmembers Trot to the East Side; Some Claim Attendance at Swap Meet

"...Slusher and the rest of the council asked for community solutions to crime. Scores obliged. About 30 attended the..."

March 7, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Playing It Safe

According to the latest FBI crime statistics, El Paso and Austin rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, among the cities with the lowest murder rates in the nation.

"...of citizens "to get involved in different aspects of policing," including a willingness to testify in court, as a..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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

Chief, advocates agree that more changes must be made

"...said that academy staff place “a positive emphasis on community engagement and community policing.” At Council's meeting Thursday, APD..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...creation of a new Office of Police Oversight (see "Community, Policing," Nov. 16). Everything else might be a footnote...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature

Vacancy Savings Sticking Point for APD's Rank-and-File

The department's full-time vacancies hover around 150

"...suggest that is how the city's objective of instilling community policing efforts will be made possible. As Lauderdale leaked..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council District 4 Rematch Finds Candidates Still Split on Housing Policy

On other issues, including policing, they mostly agree

"...More generally, Guzmán said, she would focus on engaging community members – especially those at risk of displacement –..."

Sept. 20, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Quote of the Week: Chas Moore

"...new four-year contract with the Austin Police Association (see "Community, Policing," Nov. 16)..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column

Council: Back to Work!

Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving

"...a year after Council rejected the previous attempt (see "Community, Policing," Nov. 16). Austin will also greet its presumptive..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Final Forum?

Austin Police Department's Police Chief's Forum the final farewell?

"...APD Cheif's Forum members, Neighborhood and Business Leaders, and Community Policing Partners..."

May 1, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Who's Watching the Police?

Police Tout Poll

"...complaints," Spelman said. He attributed the rise to Knee's community policing initiative, which has brought the police department in..."

May 14, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Council Takes Long Day's Journey Into Night

"...expressed disappointment in the city's still-new but highly touted community policing program. "We have done our part ... identified..."

March 5, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...before Enriquez announced... A smaller number of supporters and community activists turned out the same day for Gus Peña's..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

"Cops Off Campus" Activists Keep Pressure on UT

Student org continues call to remove UTPD following West Campus shooting

"...Campus, said the organization believes in reallocating resources from policing into housing, health care, income support, and other initiatives..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Feature by Skye Seipp

Council: Crime and Coronation

Lengthy City Council meeting reinforces police staffing, congratulates APD

"...consequence that officers have too little time for the "community policing" (public outreach) recommended by the usual experts...."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Beside the Point: What a Mess

Police impasse throws city system into disarray

"...Police Department before meet-and-confer was no beacon of great policing – by nearly every metric, worse than it is..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column by Chase Hoffberger

Big Brotherly Love

City Council Continues Juvenile Curfew

"...or an easy alternative to the intensive parenting and policing needed to keep teenagers out of trouble? Originally justified..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...in the works, not always in sync, ranging from community meetings to redevelopment to proposed city ordinances. A Downtown..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

How Not to Pick a Police Chief

As the search reaches full speed, so do complaints about the process

"...city's "ongoing issues" and "rebuild trust" between police and community...."

June 8, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Untangling the Web

An Interview with Sue Beckwith and Gene Crick

"...Gene Crick. Austin has two of the largest nonprofit community networking projects in the world, Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Meet the Candidate: Sally Hernandez

The not-yet candidate talks the issues

"..."taking this opportunity to get out and meet with community leaders and organizations, and taking advantage of the opportunity..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...following a year in which criminal justice activists and community members have called for the chief to resign...."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

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