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A person smashed the rear window of an unoccupied Austin police patrol car and threw a lit firework inside it early Sunday morning near the site of recent protests against immigration enforcement operations in the area, police officials said. The interior of the car burned.
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Austin police are explaining how a handcuffed man was able to shoot himself in the head while in the backseat of a patrol car.
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Austin, TX, Police are investigating how a suspect handcuffed inside a patrol car was able to get into the car with a gun and shoot himself.
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A 12-year-old boy is facing several charges after he allegedly led police on a chase while intoxicated in Austin, TX, before crashing Monday morning.
Read More →Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo on Wednesday announced that he will now suspend and possibly fire any police supervisor who fails to report all complaints against officers to internal affairs.
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The Austin, TX, police officer hurt in a motorcycle crash Thursday died as a result of his injuries Sunday. Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq, 46, was struck by a car while escorting a funeral procession.
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An Austin, TX, police motorcycle officer was injured in a crash in North Austin on Thursday morning. Austin Police Chief Art Acevado reports the officer is in “very critical condition.”
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Outreach efforts toward prospective female applicants are part of a series of responses by Austin police to address a recruiting problem that a consulting group's recently released report said is the biggest challenge facing the department.
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The Austin (TX) Police Department suspended a detective they say posted inappropriate comments on his alias Facebook page about the fatal shooting of a naked unarmed teen.
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Ramiro Martinez, then 29 years old, is the last surviving person among the group that brought the shooter down. He remembers details from that terrifying day to an astonishing degree.
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