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The Office of Police Oversight (OPO) developed final recommendations to revise the Austin Police Department’s (APD) use-of-force policies. The policy areas covered in this report include restricting shooting at moving vehicles, exhausting all…
This policy recommendation is intended to help eliminate the unnecessary use of deadly force. Alternatives to deadly force include tactics and tools like conflict avoidance, empty-hand techniques, and less-lethal force options (e.g., TASER devices)…
De-escalation uses techniques designed to safely stabilize a situation, reduce the immediacy of a threat, and resolve an incident with the least amount of force necessary. Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that, before using force…
Warning before shooting is a tactic that can help to slow down tense interactions and provide community members with another opportunity to comply before officers use deadly force. Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police…
A duty-to-intervene policy creates an affirmative obligation for police officers to stop fellow officers from engaging in certain conduct prohibited by law or department policy. Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police…
The Office of Police Oversight reviewed current best practices, including the consensus among experts that shooting at or from moving vehicles is dangerous and rarely effective even when officers are trained. Research shows that shooting at moving…
Campaign Zero's 8 Can't Wait initiative recommends that police departments restrict officers from using chokeholds or strangleholds on individuals in all cases to avoid unnecessary deaths or serious injuries. APD policy does not explicitly ban these…
On May 21, 2021, the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) partnered with Mayor Adler, the Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities, and the Equity Office to host a virtual meeting, the Town Hall on Public Safety: People with Disabilities & Policing…
On June 10, 2021, OPO received notification of proposed changes to the APD General Orders related to the following: - 317 Handling Juveniles On July 6, 2021, OPO received notification of approved changes to the APD General Orders related to the…
In June 2021, the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) received notification from the Austin Police Department (APD) of changes made to the General Orders. The impacted policies are listed below. In this memo, OPO reviewed the policy changes and provided…