Council Poised to Enact First APD Reforms and Budget Cuts

Change begins now

"...and CMs agree that is not enough to transform policing in Austin in the ways the community wants to..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...safety" has been built around funding crime-prevention alternatives to policing that are less expensive and more effective. It's in..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Mayor Pro Tem Contest Kicks Off New Council Storylines

A leading role at City Hall?

"...different approaches. It sends the wrong message to our community to have two men leading a council that has..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Truth and Reconciliation

“Reimagining” public safety will involve more than just technocratic change

"...A big takeaway of City Hall's unprecedented commitment to de-policing, set forth with the city's fiscal 2021 budget, is..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Knee, Wynn, Futrell Austin's 'A' Team

"...about "race and the distrust that runs in our community." Knee said that it was a mere "coincidence" that..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Extra Enforcement Planned to Bring Down Traffic Deaths

Cars kill people

"...Many in the community have misgivings about an approach that, in order to..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...Sam Kirsch would rather talk about. The origins of policing, the evolution of the civil rights movement – anything..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Manley Makes His Exit

Police chief's 30-year career at APD will end March 28

"...following a year in which criminal justice activists and community members have called for him to resign. That call..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Free Chol Soo Lee

True-crime documentary reveals the depths of anti-Asian bigotry

"...migrant in San Francisco's Chinatown, an outsider in the community, picking up work as a strip joint barker, he..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4

Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar's term at City Hall

"...Austin and D4, but said they want to hold "community-driven conversations" to determine what solutions the districts needs. Guzmán..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Activists out to Derail Police Contract

Agreement hits City Council in early December

"...Relations staff, including the agreed-to measures that originated through community input. A coalition of groups spent the full summer..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Chief Countdown

Austin police prepare for A2K; Chief Stan Knee says the evening will be almost business as usual

"...Ultimately, the job of protecting and policing A2K -- as well as, simultaneously, the rest of..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

Council Forum Covers “R.E.A.L. Solutions” to Gentrification and Displacement, Affordable Housing, and Public Safety

Candidates commit to addressing racial justice and equity

"...the root inequities underlying crime – versus relying on policing as the solution – Communities of Color United's Paula..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...for the addresses "of all who go against the community," adding that he "expresses emphatic anti-law enforcement sentiment."..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

FY21 Budget Passes Unanimously With Big Cuts to Austin Police Funding

Council members celebrate first step, but acknowledge hard work ahead

"...meant to reduce the need for police in the community. The vote also set the stage for $129 million..."

Aug. 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Austin's music community is amping up its political presence through a new..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature

Power Assist

Who's Who

"...hiring of police chief Stan Knee, whose commitment to community-based policing has delighted Council Member Bill Spelman, for one,..."

Aug. 27, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

APD Starts Shrinking

Council set to make cuts now, plan for more to come

"...cuts would be reinvested into public safety alternatives to policing, like Austin-Travis County EMS. One set of proposals from..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Activists Call for Heads at APD

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...hands raised. "This is a trying time in our community," the chief told reporters. "I share concerns, and that's..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Activists Call for Firing of APD Leadership in Wake of Officer Involved Shooting

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...the incident. “This is a trying time in our community,” the chief told reporters. “I share concerns, and that’s..."

April 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

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

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

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

What to Make of It

Local activists seek justice for black lives

"...Activist Meme Styles, who runs the data-driven community organization Measure Austin, explains how she found out about..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Reefer Madness

War on Prohibition is the new War on Drugs

"...600 talks to groups around the country, talking to community groups (he's big on the Rotary club circuit), academics,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Austin at Large: Old Beliefs, No Longer True

One in five Texas voters have never known a non-embarrassing ruling regime

"...hope has been to put Black Lives Matter and de-policing on the ballot, as Gov. Greg Abbott has tried..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Travis County Constable, Precinct 2: Mud & Experience

Incumbent files defamation suit against opponent in this particularly bloody battle

"...new face – Michael Cargill, a candidate with no policing experience but a bruising campaign style...."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reefer Roundup: 8/12/11

It's back! Your dose of drug news has returned

"...justify the governments ongoing – or, rather, endless – policing of drug use. "It is important that illicit drugs..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

As Transit Cops Near, Cap Metro’s Other Public Safety Personnel Thrive

Safe on the bus

"...public safety ambassadors, the public transit agency has three community intervention specialists – a role that looks similar to..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Not Good, Not Getting Better

Austin police learn the limits of their propaganda

"...appeared to wrongly conflate this illegal incident with important community conversations about safety and oversight. Twitter is not an..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: We Have Better Things to Do

Stay mad, Dan Patrick! Public safety will be reimagined, with or without you

"...taxpayer dollars by simply not wasting them on unnecessary policing, and that were this not true, we wouldn't get..."

April 16, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...Justice Club navigate how their commitment to a safer community places them at odds with the very people they..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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