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
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City of Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Austin s Next Police Chief
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Police in Austin, Texas, on Friday said they would release video from officers’ body cameras within 10 business days of incidents that led to serious injuries or deaths, down from 60 days under a policy in which delays were frequent.
A Reuters article earlier this month detailed how, since Austin enacted a 60-day release policy last year, only a single body camera video has been released on time - in a non-fatal police shooting. Footage from three fatal police shootings was made public past the deadline. In at least 10 use-of-force incidents during Black Lives Matter protests last year, the department did not release any video.