“Houston is getting a world-class police chief.  Chief Acevedo has made our community safer and closer, and he is trusted and much loved by so many.  Austin is losing a moral and joyous leader, and I’m losing a friend.

“Losing Art Acevedo is a huge deal, and replacing him will be a daunting task in part because he gave so much of himself to his job and his community. But Austin is a safe city with a strong police force, and we’ll have talented applicants to take his place. We’ll shortly have a new city manager and a new police chief, and this gives Austin a unique opportunity to enter a new era in our history.”