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Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk hopes to announce a new chief of police before the end of September.

That's an Order: Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown issued orders last week requiring face masks at public schools, inclu

Emada E. Tingirides. The city did not set specific parameters around gender or racial identity in seeking police chief applications (doing so would be illegal), but it has been widely believed among local criminal justice reformers and some police backers that Austin’s next police chief should not be a white man. (It appears that only Ramsay, currently police chief in Wichita, Kansas, fits that description). Hiring a woman or person of color would represent a symbolic departure from the tenure of former APD Chief Brian Manley – and an important step in signifying to the public and depart...

The seven finalists competing to become Dallas' next police chief come both from within the city's ranks and as far away as California and Virginia, but they were singing from the same hymnal this week as the public got its first chance to check them out. Call it 'bless our communities.' They made pitches for the job Wednesday during a livestreamed forum open to the public online. Public Sector Search and Consulting, an executive talent recruitment firm, winnowed dozens of applications to arrive at the seven, who spent part of the week being interviewed by community members and city leaders. ...

Dallas Police Chief U. René Hall’s troubled tenure is coming to an end. The city has been searching for her replacement ever since she announced in September that she’d be leaving the department at the end of the year. Now, it’s down to seven candidates. “I’m pleased to report our progress in this process and know the men and women of DPD look forward to new leadership continuing the work Chief Hall began," City Manager T.C. Broadnax said in a press release Thursday. Four people up for the job have experience in the department. Albert Martinez left DPD as a deputy chief at the b...