2 APD officers suspended after using bolt cutters to enter motel room

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Austin Police Department officers who used bolt cutters to gain entry to a motel room will be back at work this week after receiving temporary suspensions for not following department policy. One of the officers also left the suspect alone in a breezeway, allowing the suspect to flee the scene.
According to the memo, on Jan. 21, Officer Brian Yarger was patrolling a motel parking lot searching for stolen vehicles when he located a vehicle that belonged to a suspect want