The Austin Police Department wasn’t ready for the massive protests on I-35 and outside police headquarters in May 2020, APD Chief Joseph Chacon said Friday. | England_Weber
Chacon has maintained the beanbag rounds, considered"less lethal" munitions, were defective and didn't function properly when deployed. On Friday, he said the department will use so-called pepper ball rounds as a replacement. Those are paintballs filled with a substance similar to pepper spray.
In the two weeks surrounding the protests, APD staff fielded just over 1,000"response-to-resistance" reports, which are filed internally whenever an officer uses significant force. The report also suggested police command could have better communicated orders to officers working the protests. APD says it has since embraced a system that better cements the roles of everyone within the chain of command. The report said APD has adopted a system that makes roles clear to officers responding or to commanders in APD headquarters.
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