In early December, after then-Austin police officer Christopher Taylor received an unprecedented prison sentence for fatally shooting a mentally ill man, police union President Michael Bullock ...

Two former Austin Police Chiefs testified on Tuesday in the sentencing of Officer Christopher Taylor. Taylor was convicted of deadly conduct last month in the 2019 shooting death of Mauris DeSilva.

The efforts come amid conversations about how and when police should respond to mental health calls – to make them safer for citizens and police.

The fourth day of sentencing in the trial of convicted officer Christopher Taylor featured testimony from two former Austin Police Department chiefs who were called to the stand by the defense.

But, comments from the Austin Police Union and a community organization critical of police have sparked conversations about how mental health calls should be responded to. Should ...

This topic has been thrust into the forefront of city discussions in part due to the recent sentencing of former Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor. Taylor and another officer shot and killed a ...

A Travis County judge is deciding the punishment for Austin police officer Christopher Taylor, who was convicted of deadly conduct. In October, a jury found Taylor guilty of deadly conduct for the ...