Monthly Archives: December 2015

Austin PD to Deploy First Body Cameras

Police body cameras, or “body cams”, as they are known, have been a hot topic of discussion lately. Community groups, the ACLU, and lots of others have been calling on the police nationwide to purchase and use them. And the Austin Police Department has announced that they will be in use in Austin by next […]

National Conference Calls for Criminal Justice Reforms

A national conference was held in Washington, D.C. this fall. While the goal of the conference – to suggest significant changes to our criminal justice system – was not particularly unusual, the list of attendees might surprise you. They included 130 police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors from across the country. Among them were: David Brown, […]