/tags/austin-police-monitor Austin Police Monitor en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:24:07 GMT /austin/2020-01-30/black-and-hispanic-drivers-are-increasingly-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-austin-police While the black population in Austin hovers around 8%, black people made up roughly 15% of people pulled over by police and 25% of people then arrested in� Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:24:07 GMT /austin/2020-01-30/black-and-hispanic-drivers-are-increasingly-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-austin-police Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2018-11-09/austin-police-reach-tentative-contract-agreement-with-the-city The City of Austin and the Austin police union have reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract.The agreement reached last night would give� Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:46:26 GMT /austin/2018-11-09/austin-police-reach-tentative-contract-agreement-with-the-city Nadia Hamdan /austin/2018-09-19/austin-wants-to-know-what-it-should-do-to-improve-police-oversight The City of Austin will host three community forums over the next week to consider changing how city police officers are supervised.“Our oversight� Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT /austin/2018-09-19/austin-wants-to-know-what-it-should-do-to-improve-police-oversight Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2018-06-27/police-and-community-groups-join-to-explore-how-to-improve-oversight-of-apd Austin’s system of police oversight may be more effective than others at promoting long-term change, but there's still skepticism about the agency,� Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT /austin/2018-06-27/police-and-community-groups-join-to-explore-how-to-improve-oversight-of-apd Syeda Carrillo /austin/2018-01-08/without-the-contract-that-created-it-office-collecting-complaints-against-police-still-intact Despite the dissolution of a contract governing its existence, Austin’s Office of the Police Monitor will remain intact for now.The office fields citizen� Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:01:00 GMT /austin/2018-01-08/without-the-contract-that-created-it-office-collecting-complaints-against-police-still-intact Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2017-12-14/austin-city-council-unanimously-rejects-police-contract Austin City Council members voted unanimously to send a five-year contract between the city and the local police union back to the negotiating table late� Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:55:50 GMT /austin/2017-12-14/austin-city-council-unanimously-rejects-police-contract Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-09-29/city-auditors-say-the-police-monitor-complaint-processes-need-improvement City auditors told the Austin City Council Wednesday that the office processing citizen complaints against officers of the Austin Police Department needs� Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:18:33 GMT /austin/2016-09-29/city-auditors-say-the-police-monitor-complaint-processes-need-improvement Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-07-14/the-investigations-that-begin-when-a-police-officer-fatally-shoots-someone-in-austin As investigations into the police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota have begun, some may wonder what that process is like here in Austin.� Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:12:28 GMT /austin/2016-07-14/the-investigations-that-begin-when-a-police-officer-fatally-shoots-someone-in-austin Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2015-08-12/why-are-the-austin-police-monitors-reports-a-year-behind-schedule The City of Austin has its own department dedicated to auditing the police force � it’s called the Office of the Police Monitor. It’s supposed to issue an� Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:46:56 GMT /austin/2015-08-12/why-are-the-austin-police-monitors-reports-a-year-behind-schedule Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2013-11-26/report-austin-police-search-blacks-3-times-more-often-than-whites The Austin Police Monitor's Office finds racial disparity continued in police activity during 2012.According to a recent report, almost 1,300 people� Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:35:18 GMT /austin/2013-11-26/report-austin-police-search-blacks-3-times-more-often-than-whites Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard, Mark Gwin