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Emada E. Tingirides.
The city did not set specific parameters around gender or racial identity in seeking police chief applications (doing so would be illegal), but it has been widely believed among local criminal justice reformers and some police backers that Austin’s next police chief should not be a white man. (It appears that only Ramsay, currently police chief in Wichita, Kansas, fits that description).
Hiring a woman or person of color would represent a symbolic departure from the tenure of former APD Chief
Brian Manley – and an important step in signifying to the public and department personnel that the city is committed to continuing its effort to “
Austin narrows police chief search to top seven candidates Here s who made the cut kvue.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kvue.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.