Just as city and Austin Police Department officials move to slowly open up the police misconduct black box known as the “G file,” labor negotiations between the city and police association could get ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austinites now have access to personnel files of the city's police officers as part of a voter-approved measure that was passed last year. The G-files show records of police officers ...

A Travis County judge is expected to issue a ruling in the Austin Police Oversight Act lawsuit that could have a transformative effect on police accountability and transparency at the Austin Police ...

More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's new police contract is almost a done deal, but some council members have raised concerns over how personnel files will be treated going forward. The G-file has been at the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City of Austin staff and the parties involved in the current police contract negotiations have spent the week determining and discussing next steps now that a judge has ruled it is ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Travis County district court judge ruled Friday that the City of Austin acted unlawfully by not ending its practice of withholding certain police records called “g-files” from the ...

Just days after shaking hands on a tentative contract, the city of Austin and the police union have told the American-Statesman they have differing interpretations on how the deal would affect ...

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