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A resolution approved by council Thursday requires the city to enforce some aspects of Proposition A, including providing investigators with the Office of Police Oversight unrestricted access to police records to review complaints.
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Police already provide information on crime statistics, but the dashboard would drill down on response times, overtime payments and block-by-block information on incidents.
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Austin's interim police chief said the shooter is also dead. Investigators do not currently know what the relationship is between the shooter and the victims.
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Chacon informed interim City Manager Jesús Garza of his decision on Monday morning, the city said in a statement.
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Austin Police say they've arrested a 38-year-old suspect in connection with the Wednesday night incident that locked down the hospital's emergency room.
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The City of Austin has ended its agreement with the Department of Public Safety to have state troopers supplement police patrols. But state police are still going to patrol the capital city. Here's what that means.
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The pause comes after a DPS trooper shot a man in the arm early Monday and accusations that troopers pulled a gun on a man and his son after they tried to pull him over.
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The Austin Police Department said it was revamping its deployment strategy after concerns were raised about troopers overpolicing certain neighborhoods.
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Privacy advocates had warned the cameras are akin to a warrantless surveillance program and that the data could be misused. Under the agreement City Council approved, police will hold data from the scanners for just seven days.
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APD Chief Joseph Chacon said troopers will be reassigned to the border following the expiration of Trump-era restrictions for migrants seeking asylum.