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The Office of Police Oversight's (OPO) inaugural annual report summarizes the office's work from 2019- 2020. View the report here: Office of Police Oversight: 2019-2020 annual report The 2019-2020 report aims to document and share the office's…
In April 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…
Austin City Council directed the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) to assist in rewriting the Austin Police Department’s (APD) General Orders, which are policies that all APD officers must follow. To do this, OPO examined and analyzed: (1) the way…
A duty to intervene policy creates an affirmative obligation for police officers to stop other officers from engaging in certain conduct prohibited by law or department policy. As recommended by Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative, police…
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. The main goals of de-escalation are to: - defuse tense situations or conflicts…
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments restrict the circumstances under which officers may shoot at moving vehicles. Shooting at a moving vehicle is seen as a dangerous and ineffective tactic, with high risk for…
Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait initiative recommends that police departments adopt policies that require officers to provide a verbal warning before employing use of deadly force when feasible. Before using deadly force, officers should provide…
Neck restraints generally fall into two categories: - vascular neck restraints affect blood flow and are colloquially referred to as “strangleholds,” - respiratory neck restraints affect air intake and are referred to as "chokeholds." Campaign Zero’s…
The Office of Police Oversight is making recommendations on use-of-force policies as part of a larger effort to re-write Austin Police Department’s General Orders. The revision of the Austin Police Department’s General Orders is a part of the City…
To eliminate the use of unnecessary deadly force by police, Campaign Zero’s 8 Can’t Wait recommends that police departments exhaust all other alternatives prior to using deadly force. Alternatives to deadly force include conflict avoidance, empty…