27-01-2018 03:26 via kxan.com

Concerns over police accountability rise amid Citizen Review Panel suspension

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The investigation is underway into the first Austin officer-involved shooting of 2018. But without a police contract in place, it remains to be seen how officers at the Austin Police Department will be held accountable by members of the community.
The identity of the man shot and killed by an APD officer Friday morning has not yet been released.
Officers responded to the burglary call at around 3:40 a.m. in Central Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood when residents called
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