APD "Reimagined" Training Academy Still a Work in Progress

Adoption of new curriculum for pilot cadet class scheduled for May 31

"...The Austin Police Department has the green light to induct the first..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: A Wary, Cloudy Start for a New Police Cadet Class

“Reimagined” academy still a work in progress

"...The Austin Police Department has the green light to induct the first..."

May 7, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Third-Party Report Finds Police Academy Hasn’t Implemented Crucial Reforms

Council stresses need for internal audit process

"...Council authorizes more – with recommended changes to APD’s training academy, and the main takeaway is that APD has..."

March 28, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Police Monitor: What Brown can do

The process is supposedly still open, but Travis Co. prosecutor Cliff Brown looks like a lock for the Police Monitor job

"...to be one candidate for the job of Austin Police Monitor on whom everyone, from police accountability advocates to..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Better Training: An RX for APD

Police think-tank offers advice on use of force, community outreach

"...After six months of study, researchers with the Police Executive Research Forum earlier this month presented city leaders..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reports Challenge "Fear-Based" Model for Training APD Cadets

Police Academy zero

"...A trio of reports on the Austin police academy have concluded that the paramilitary approach it uses..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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

Chief, advocates agree that more changes must be made

"...May to commence a new cadet class at Austin’s police academy after a pause of nearly a year, local..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy

“It comes down to the culture”

"...Two new city reports on the Austin Police Department's training academy highlight the cultural problems and racial..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cadet Training Delayed as APD Continues Reckoning With Charges of Racism

More investigations and audits for the Austin Police

"...Cronk has delayed the start of the next Austin Police Depart­ment cadet class from June to mid-July to allow..."

May 8, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APD Hits Pause on Police Academy Curriculum Review

Volunteer review committee expresses concern over stalled process

"...The volunteers helping to "reimagine" the Austin Police Academy are sounding alarms after the Austin Police Department..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Confusion Continues in Police Academy Reboot

Efforts to revise the curriculum taught at the Austin police academy proceed in turmoil

"...the video materials and curriculum taught at the Austin police academy continue to proceed in turmoil, as the Austin..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Police Union President Points Fingers After Shooting Death

Casaday blames staffing shortages and "perishable" training

"...Feb. 8 shooting of 17-year-old David Joseph by Austin Police Depart­ment Officer Geoffrey Freeman, the Austin Police Association has..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Council to Renew Police Pay Package to Incentivize Contract Negotiations

But that didn’t work the first time

"...new labor contract between the city and the Austin Police Association...."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Amid Tough Questioning, Council Confirms Chacon as New Police Chief

Alter, Kelly vote against longtime APD insider

"...Sept. 30 confirmed Joseph Chacon’s appointment as Austin’s new police chief on a 9-2 vote, with Council Members Alison..."

Oct. 2, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Long-Awaited Reforms at Austin Police Academy Just Aren’t Happening. Why?

How the fish rots

"...Reforming the Austin Police Academy's curriculum is critical to shifting APD officers away..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

"...would allow DPS to seize control of the Austin Police Department. Adler responded: "I don't get the naked, political..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Panel Slams Problematic APD Training Videos

Audit identifies in 112 videos clear patterns in how cops treat people of color

"...to the pile of problems burdening Austin's currently shuttered police academy, audit reports released this week take a dim..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...Last July, as anger with the Austin Police Department washed over the city's budget deliberations, the big..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Overall Thankful for Austin Police

"...Dear Editor, Nora Ankrum's article on APD's Citizen Police Academy was a real eye-opener for me [“My Semester..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Postmarks

City Extends Contract With Kroll to Continue Austin Police Review

Phase C to examine APD complaint and grievance procedures

"...third phase of its comprehensive review of the Austin Police Department. "Phase C" of the review will focus on..."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Closer Look at the Resolutions To Address Structural Police Reform

"...is set to start down the path toward structural police reform with passage of the following four resolutions: Item..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Police Officer Says His Life Was Not Under Threat During Fatal Michael Ramos Encounter

Accused Officer Christopher Taylor was beside witness that day

"...day of testimony in the murder trial involving Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor, another officer who responded to the..."

Oct. 25, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Small Change at APD

An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform

"...to serve as the interim leader of the Austin Police Department while the city undergoes a search for its..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

APA President Files Grievance

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

"...Longstanding tensions between the Austin Police Association and the Office of the Police Monitor were..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin Plays the APD Chief Dating Game

Finalists court the community for Austin police top job

"...three finalists vying to be Austin's next chief of police each took their turn last week wooing the community..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Echoes of History

From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

"...Roy Butler lives on in his namesake, the Austin Police Department's Roy Butler Police Training Academy, which stands accused..."

March 31, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: Meet the New Chief, Not the Same as the Old Chief

Chacon commits to change as academy moves toward reopening

"...Joe Chacon leveled up to become interim Chief of Police, as Brian Manley retires this weekend after 30 years..."

March 26, 2021 News Post 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.”

"...ignore their unanimous recommendation not to reopen the Austin Police Department's dysfunctional training academy, which has been under heavy..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...Austin a decade ago and could name just one police officer, chances are that the cop's name was Mike..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

"Unwarranted"

Tasering nets rookie cop 90-day suspension

"...Police Chief Art Acevedo issued a 90-day suspension – the..."

Jan. 13, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

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