Austin Police Department

Austin City Council will vote next month on a five-year, $218-million labor contract with the police union. The language in the deal hadn't been made public throughout more than a year of negotiations.

The deal would give police officers a 28% raise over the next five years. Austin City Council is expected to vote on the contract Oct. 10.

Garcia will replace Bruce Mills, who retired last month. He will oversee public safety, including fire, police and Austin-Travis County EMS.

Taylor will instead face a third-degree felony charge of deadly conduct for fatally shooting Mauris DeSilva at his home.

A KUT investigation found the Austin Police Department hasn’t been sharing a crucial piece of data with Austinites for the last few years: how many crimes it solves in a given year.

Under the Austin Police Oversight Act, which passed last year, records of any complaint – even if no disciplinary action was taken – must be handed over to the civilian-led Office of Police Oversight. The city had not been doing that.

So far, the city has settled 19 lawsuits after police injured scores of demonstrators in 2020.

Officers responded to a noise complaint at Avelino Medel's home. Before he answered the door, he was shot multiple times.

The FBI had received a tip about an Instagram user making threats against Graham Elementary School. A 17-year-old has been charged with a third-degree felony.

Davis comes to Austin by way of Cincinnati, where she started as a police officer in the '90s and worked her way up to assistant chief.