Austin Police Department
Encyclopedia
Austin Police Department (APD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Austin
, Texas
, United States
. As of Fiscal Year 2010, the agency had an annual budget of more than $240 million and employed around 2,200 personnel, including approximately 1,600 officers. Art Acevedo was appointed as the APD's eighth chief of police
in June 2007.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
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. As of Fiscal Year 2010, the agency had an annual budget of more than $240 million and employed around 2,200 personnel, including approximately 1,600 officers. Art Acevedo was appointed as the APD's eighth chief of police
Chief of police
A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable...
in June 2007.
Specialized units
- Decentralized Investigations
- Auto Theft Interdiction Unit
- Child Abuse Unit
- DWI Enforcement Team
- Executive Protection Unit
- Family Violence Protection Team
- Financial Crimes Unit
- Gang Suppression Unit
- Digital Analysis Response Team (DART-formerly the Computer Forensics and High Tech Crimes Units)
- Homicide
- Homicide: Cold Case Unit
- Vehicular Homicide Unit
- Internal Affairs
- Special Investigations Unit
- Risk Management Unit
- Peer Support Unit
- Recruiting
- Robbery Unit
- Sex Crimes Unit
- Special Events Unit
- Victim Services
- SWAT
- Explosive Ordinance Disposal
- Human Trafficking Unit
Patrol divisions
- Northwest Area Command
- North Central Area Command
- Northeast Area Command
- Central West Area Command
- Downtown Area Command
- Central East Area Command
- Southwest Area Command
- South Central Area Command
- Southeast Area Command
- Highway Enforcement Command
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Austin Police Department, 20 officers have died in the line of duty. The following list also contains one officer from the Austin Park Police Department, which was merged into APD.| Officer | Date of death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Officer Cornelius L. Fahey | |
Gunfire |
| Officer John Gaines | |
Gunfire |
| Officer Tom Allen | |
Gunfire |
| Chief of Police James N. Littlepage | |
Gunfire |
| Sergeant William Murray Stuart | |
Vehicle pursuit |
| Officer James R. Cummings | |
Motorcycle accident |
| Officer Elkins P. Morrison | |
Struck by vehicle |
| Sergeant Walter Lee Tucker | |
Motorcycle accident |
| Officer Donald Eugene Carpenter | |
Gunfire |
| Officer Billy Paul Speed | |
Gunfire |
| Officer Thomas Wayne Birtrong | |
Automobile accident |
| Officer Leland Dale Anderson | |
Gunfire |
| Officer Ralph Allen Ablanedo | |
Gunfire |
| Officer Lee Craig Smith | |
Motorcycle accident |
| Officer Robert Townes Martinez Jr. | |
Automobile accident |
| Police Officer Drew A. Bolin | |
Vehicular assault |
| Police Officer William DeWayne Jones Sr. | |
Gunfire |
| Police Officer Clinton Hunter | |
Vehicular assault |
| Sergeant Earl Alison Hall | |
Heart attack |
| Police Officer Amy Lynn Donovan | |
Struck by vehicle |