Police Consolidation Not Recommended

Audit committee advises against police merger

"...concurs); a recommendation that the APD consider eliminating its community policing district representative positions (APD does not agree with..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Overall Thankful for Austin Police

"...and extensive training seem to be paying off. The community policing policy is a fantastic solution to crime. If..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Vote Pot!

"...ballot questions, from propositions that seek to make pot-law policing the lowest of law enforcement priorities, to a Nevada..."

Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Eckhardt Supports Eckhardt

"...end to jail overcrowding, and a genuine embrace of community policing. Thanks again for your paper and, most of..."

March 1, 2006 Postmarks

More Hope Restored

The North Central Area Command hosts another cleanup on Galewood Drive

"...The community-policing gurus in the Austin Police Department's North Central Area..."

July 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anatomy of a Shooting

The circumstances around Jessie Lee Owens' shooting were anything but clear-cut

"...clause in the "statement of purpose" of the department's community-policing standard operating procedures. In the course of their investigation,..."

March 12, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...takes to make sure things get done – implementing community policing strategies, trusting front-line supervisors' input, and surrounding himself..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature

Endorsements

Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries

"...takes to make sure things get done – implementing community policing strategies, trusting front-line supervisors' input, and surrounding himself..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...at Huston-Tillotson College this spring. His Monday afternoon class, "Community Policing," will explore, among other things, "criminal behavior as..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...street response officers -- the core of the department's "community policing" staff -- off the streets and placed them..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

City Council will decide whether to pay money for hotel venture; Pflugerville is considering building an airport; Jerry Weissberg resigns as CEO from ibooks.com; City Council to decide whether civilians or police should handle junk car enforcement.

"...will vote today to accept (or decline) a federal community policing grant to create eight new civilian jobs for..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Crossing That Bridge

Council approves a separate bike and pedestrian bridge over Town Lake near the existing Lamar Street Bridge, and hears neighborhood concerns about moving central booking to the new criminal justice center downtown.

"...could have another positive effect: "That's one definition of community policing," he said. "Officers have to find another way..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Two Roads to Justice

Republican Shane Phelps takes another stab at Democrat Ronnie Earle's job for district attorney.

"...around the nation" and the effectiveness of the city's community policing and gang suppression programs...."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

What Will the Neighbors Think?

The Labor Process

"...• Increasing police patrol and community policing in the area...."

June 4, 1999 News Column by Amy Smith

Pretty Sneaky

Up to Here

"...University of Texas to evaluate the success of Austin's community policing program. The funds come from a $1 million..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Audit Says We Oughta Change

Police Audit Blames Problems on Poor Financial Management, Lack of Support

"...have been successful in reducing crime show that it's community policing, not a full-to-busting police force, that keeps crime..."

March 21, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Ronney Reynolds

"...Austin Police Dept., allowing increased patrol, police overtime, and community policing efforts...."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature

Gridlock Lifts on Lamar Bridge

Councilmembers Demand a Second Look at Alternative Routes

"...Goodman's resolution to fully reinstate the city's menagerie of community policing programs (D.A.R.E. and COPS collectively lost five officers..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Council Watch

Live From Council Chambers...

"...cost of eliminating emergency vehicle backlogs and implementing "real" community policing. If it takes a tax increase to carry..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Column

Media Clips

"...3. Has community policing worked elsewhere?..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Column

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...included a global pandemic and a major rupture in police-community relations, during which Council members understandably paid less attention..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...That's a matter of widespread national debate, and many policing experts question the tactics involved in executing such raids..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin at Large: More Than We Could Imagine

At an unexpectedly delicate moment, Austinites can flip the script on public safety

"...When it was first conceived last summer, the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force was expected to deliver..."

April 23, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...We were especially interested in the state of housing, policing, and democracy in the kinds of cities that are..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

AISD Hears Loud and Clear: No Cops in Schools

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

"...2021 budget and eliminate vacant SRO positions; to reallocate policing funds to culturally responsive restorative practices; and to provide..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Aaricka Washington

The New Police Chief Was Respected in Cincinnati. Will Austin Feel the Same?

Lisa Davis gets officially sworn in

"...department is budgeted for, as broad swaths of the community press for more accountability and oversight, and as relationships..."

Aug. 9, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...crises; a decoupled department could better utilize alternatives to policing in such situations, including Emergency Medical Ser­vices and newly..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...City Council certainly sounded thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

APD Chief Joseph Chacon’s Legacy

Assessing the final years of a career that saw a rise from beat cop to chief of police

"...law enforcement and survivor support organizations tasked with coordinating community response to sex crimes; and he testified against House..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Small Change at APD

An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform

"...and civilians as informants and whose past scrutiny of policing critics has been controversial, as the Chronicle has reported...."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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