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Formal Complaint: Purpose and Scope- Community policing, and other policy violations
Complainant alleges that they were shot by a bean bag round during a peaceful protest. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive an A classification.
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Queja formal: Cuando se requiere el uso del sistema de cámara corporal distribuido por el departamento y otras violaciones a políticas
Complainant, a Black male, alleges that police officers blocked his jogging activities with their car and acted disrespectfully towards him. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive a B classification.
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Formal Complaint: Responsibility to the Community Purpose and Scope, Impartial Attitude and Courtesy and other policy violations
Complainant alleges that Austin police officers acted in a demeaning manner during two separate interactions involving a domestic dispute. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive a B classification.
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Formal Complaint: Insubordination, Duty to intercede, and other policy violations
Complainant alleges that they and a friend were pepper sprayed in the face while recording her husband being pinned up against a car by Austin police officers. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive an A classification…
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Formal Complaint: Impartial Attitude and Courtesy, Detentions, and other policy violations
Complainant alleges that he was put in a police car, driven across town and dropped off in a location unknown to him. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive a B classification.
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Formal Complaint: Duty to Intercede, De-Escalation of Potential Force Encounters, and other policy violations
Complainant alleges that Austin police officers escalated force against him by pepper spraying him after he had called for police to break up a fight. The Office of Police Oversight recommends that this allegation receive an A classification.
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Formal Complaint: OPO declines to make a recommendation
Complainant alleges that undercover Austin Police Department officers harassed him at his home.
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Recommendation: De-escalation
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…
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Recommendation: Restrict shooting at moving vehicles
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…
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Recommendation: Warning before shooting
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…
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