Just as city and Austin Police Department officials move to slowly open up the police misconduct black box known as the “G file,” labor negotiations between the city and police association could get ...

A Travis County judge is expected to issue a ruling in the Austin Police Oversight Act lawsuit that could have a transformative effect on police accountability and transparency at the Austin Police ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City of Austin staff and the parties involved in the current police contract negotiations have spent the week determining and discussing next steps now that a judge has ruled it is ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Travis County district court judge ruled Friday that the City of Austin acted unlawfully by not ending its practice of withholding certain police records called “g-files” from the ...

In 1998, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) began requiring officers to fill out reports any time they had to use force, a big step toward tracking when and why police resorted to strong-arming ...

Just days after shaking hands on a tentative contract, the city of Austin and the police union have told the American-Statesman they have differing interpretations on how the deal would affect ...

The city of Austin's legal team and activists are expected to make arguments in court Tuesday concerning whether the Austin Police Department can continue to maintain a type of confidential police ...

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