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In this memo, OPO provides preliminary recommendations on APD’s November 2021 changes to General Order (GO) 427. This GO is now titled “Geolocates, Pen Registers, and/or Trap and Trace Devices.”
In this memo, OPO has reviewed and provided preliminary recommendations on some of the policy changes made by APD in November 2021. The specific policies discussed in this memo are as follows: Recommendations for improvement 317 Handling Juveniles…
Office of Police Oversight presents the inaugural annual report about our work from January to December 2021. View the full report here. Below are some highlights from our 2021 report. - In 2021, the Office of Police Oversight received 2,239 contacts…
The Office of Police Oversight is making recommendations on Austin Police Department (APD) policies related to body-worn cameras (BWC) and dashboard cameras (DMAV) in response to the Austin City Council resolutions passed in June 2020. The report…
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)…
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…
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…