APD identifies woman connected to homicide near north Austin encampment

Austin – The Austin Police Department has identified women with regard to killing an event last week near a camp in North Austin, according to a press statement from the agency. This woman has been identified as Gabriel Williams, who is 20 years old, according to the police. Austin police investigate the killing after a … Read more

Memo: APD used facial recognition technology to identify robbery, assault suspect

ASAN – The city of Austin told the city note last week that the Austin Police Administration used face recognition technology to help identify a suspect wanted with three separate alleged crimes last week in Austin. The use of facial recognition technology must be approved by the city manager and informed it of the city … Read more

APD hopeful about staffing despite audit claiming ineffective recruitment practices

Austin (kxan) – a City Audit was described as an “ineffective” Austit police administration, “ Highlighting things such as collecting inconsistent data, lacking a “pipeline” or social media and social strategy. The police administration had 330 vacancies as of January, and the review said that 41 % of these positions were open for more than … Read more