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Public Safety Commission approves working‑group recommendation to audit Cadet Training Academy and pause staff reassignments
Summary
After a year of review the commission voted to recommend an audit, to expand public tracking of academy reforms and to pause reassignment of current academy staff until learning‑management and instructor continuity measures are in place; the motion passed with amendments and a unanimous commission vote.
The Public Safety Commission on Oct. 6 voted to send a set of recommendations to city council and other oversight bodies asking for an audit and greater public transparency around reforms at the Austin Police Department Cadet Training Academy and asking APD not to reassign current academy staff while continuity measures are implemented.
Commissioner Michael Sierra Vallejo, a member of the working group, summarized the timeline of reviews dating to 2020, including multiple assessments by Kroll and others that recommended shifting the academy away from stress‑oriented, military‑style training toward a guardian model and evidence‑based continuous improvement. Sierra Vallejo said the working group…
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