More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

A Travis County judge is expected to issue a ruling in the Austin Police Oversight Act lawsuit that could have a transformative effect on police accountability and transparency at the Austin Police ...

More than a year after voters approved the Austin Police Oversight Act and supporters sued to force the city of Austin and the Austin Police Department to fully implement it, officials are taking ...

Just days after shaking hands on a tentative contract, the city of Austin and the police union have told the American-Statesman they have differing interpretations on how the deal would affect ...

Efforts to limit police transparency by shielding some complaints from public view have failed multiple times during the 2025 legislative season—most recently in the form of House Bill 15, which died ...