AUSTIN, Texas — Thirty-eight cadets from the Austin Police Department’s 157th Cadet Class ran alongside department assistant chiefs Thursday morning in the traditional Chief’s Run.
The run began at 7 a.m. at the south end of the Congress Avenue Bridge and proceeded north along Congress Avenue. It ended at the Texas State Capitol’s Peace Officers Memorial.
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The Chief’s Run is a long-standing APD tradition that pairs the physical exercise with an address to the cadets, department officials said, emphasizing solidarity both within the department and between officers and the residents they will protect.
The 157th Cadet Class will be commissioned Friday at 4 p.m. during a graduation ceremony at Greater Mt. Zion Church, formally becoming Austin police officers.