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City Of Austin Approves $425,000 Settlement In Excessive Force Case

HPM News Staff

Posted on May 25, 2018 · The city of Austin unanimously approves $425,000 settlement in the Breaion King excessive force case

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Police Shootings Stir Outrage Among Some, But Not The Supreme Court

Nina Totenberg, NPR

Posted on April 3, 2018 · The Supreme Court sided with police on Monday when it tossed out a lawsuit against a policeman after he shot a woman in her own front yard

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Metro Investigates Incident On Rail Platform, Two Officers Suspended

Gail Delaughter

Posted on September 15, 2016 · The incident happened Wednesday morning on Houston's Northside.

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Houston Police Consider Ways To Diffuse Volatile Encounters

Ed Mayberry

Posted on February 1, 2016 · Police officers from Houston recently gathered in Washington, D.D. to consider 30 principles to defuse volatile encounters. But the union that represents HPD's officers has issues with some of them.

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How Houston police are trained (Jan. 31, 2023)

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Posted on January 31, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: In the aftermath of the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, we take a closer look at how police officers are trained in Houston and how that has changed in recent years.

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National Night Out events to take place Tuesday night throughout Houston area

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