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The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

The Austin Police Department approves a $40 million pay raise for officers as part of its meet and confer contract negotiations; more contentious, however, is a police oversight provision that activists say was "gutted" in the process.

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Citizens voice their approval of the recommendations of the Police Oversight Focus Group; proposed City Hall balloons and its price tag grows; Rainey Street Historic District nears its day of reckoning.

With two months to go, the Austin police oversight focus group starts finalizing its recommendations for auditing internal APDinvestigations.

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