Live Breaking News & Updates on Police Oversight Director Farah

In a contentious email exchange with Council Member
Alison Alter, Austin Police Department Chief
Brian Manley declined to proactively investigate to determine if anyone from the department participated in the Jan. 6
Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C.
In emails obtained by the
Chronicle, the CM also asked the chief to send a message to his officers condemning the participation of law enforcement in the uprising that led to at least five deaths. As of Jan. 16, according to reporting by progressive legal news site The Appeal, 32 people from 15 states who took part in the Jan. 6
Stop the Steal Trump rally have been outed as law enforcement officers. I suggest that you make clear to every officer and staff member where our department leadership stands, Alter wrote in an email copied to her staff, City Manager ....

District Of Columbia , United States , San Antonio , Bexar County , Greg Casar , Javier Salazar , Brian Manley , Spencer Cronk , Jennifer Virden , John Anderson , Farah Muscadin , Paige Ellis , Pio Renteria , City Human Resources Department , Austin Police Department , Council Member Alison Alter , Office Of Police Oversight , Austin Police Association , Austin Police Department Chief Brian Manley , City Manager Spencer Cronk , Troy Gay , Police Oversight Director Farah , Houston Chief Art Acevedo , Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar , Human Resources Department , Special Investigations Unit ,