Justin Berry, a senior Austin Police Department officer who had been indicted on charges of aggravated assault during the racial justice protests in 2020, was confirmed Wednesday, 21-10, to serve ...

Austin Police officer Justin Berry during a protest in front of Austin City Hall on May 31, 2020. His actions led most Democrats in the state Senate to oppose his nomination to a state board.

Berry, an active-duty Austin Police Department senior patrol officer, was indicted alongside several colleagues in 2022 for shooting less-lethal munitions at racial justice protesters in 2020.