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Jessica Robledo, Pflugerville s first female and Latina police chief, announced her retirement Tuesday night. Robledo has led the Pflugerville Police Department since 2017. Prior to that, she was an Austin police officer for 30 years and retired in 2016 from the Austin Police Department, where she had served as an assistant police chief. Both Robledo and city spokeswoman Maggie Holman declined to comment on the reasoning for the chief s departure. The Statesman has submitted an open records request for Robledo s personnel file, including all recommendations, reviews, formal complaints and any disciplinary actions. In a statement on Twitter, Robledo said: 4 years ago, I came out of retirement to answer the call to serve this amazing community as your Chief. As I transition to another chapter of my life, I am thankful to the people of Pflugerville, Mayor Gonzales and Council for this honor. Love you PF!”
A bug in Ring s Neighbor app exposed the locations and home addresses of users who shared posts on the platform. The number of users affected is unknown, but reports show four million posts were shared to the app last year. The video-doorbell maker launched Neighbor as a hyperlocal community-watch app in 2018, allowing members to report crime and unusual activity in a five mile radius of their home. Names and exact locations aren t shared when posts go up, but detailed specifics including home addresses and even latitude and longitude are recorded on Ring s servers. The flaw was publishing the hidden data but no bad acts have been tied to the security gap yet.