Lottery-type selection determines new Austin police oversight group

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Inside Austin City Council chambers on Monday, the Office of Police Oversight (OPO) randomly selected 11 positions from a pool of 31 applicants to serve on the revamped Community Police Review Commission.

"They can oversee pretty much anything the Austin Police Department does, policies, practices, complaints against officers," said Sara Peralta, the communications director for the OPO. "They can look at materials related to a critical incident and they can also see...