AUSTIN, Texas – For the first time in Austin history, the city has rejected a labor contract.

In a stunning upset for Austin's 1,800 men and women in blue, city leaders sent a police contract back to negotiators.

Criminal justice advocates are celebrating the decision. They want more police accountability written into the contract. The advocates also want to give the Citizen Review Panel access to crime data and personnel files.

Additionally, justice advocates want the city to nix a rule that only allows a six-month window for discipline of officers to be handed down.

“It is common sense that we should be able to suspend an officer who may have engaged in potentially criminal conduct--even if we find out after 180 days,” said Greg Casar, Austin City Council District 4. “That just makes sense. It is something that we all agree to, and it's not something we should have to be paying to because it's good for all of us."

The Police Union has until March to come to terms with Council demands, which are fueled by a swarm of critics who called the proposal one of the worst in the country.