[BREAKING] Former APD Chief Art Acevedo taking new Austin City Hall position overseeing police

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January 19, 2024

Art Acevedo taking new $271,000 Austin City Hall position overseeing police (Austin American-Statesman)

Art Acevedo, who has served as a police chief in Austin, Houston and Miami, is taking a newly created, $271,000-a-year administrative job at Austin City Hall overseeing policing, city officials confirmed to the American-Statesman.

Acevedo – both a celebrated and polarizing figure – will serve as an interim assistant city manager and act as a liaison between the Austin Police Department and interim City Manager Jesús Garza. He will provide guidance to the department as it works through issues such as staffing, community-driven reforms and possibly returning to the negotiating table with the police union after years without a labor agreement.

Garza hand-picked Acevedo with no community input or public process, which he said is consistent with how he has built his executive team. The position requires no approval by the City Council, which was informed of his hiring Friday afternoon.

There are currently four assistant city managers who oversee various city departments and report directly to Garza. The city also is currently in the process of hiring a new city manager, with a current projection of having a candidate selected by mid-April… (FULL STORY HERE)

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