AUSTIN, Texas  — Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk last week named interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon as the permanent chief. All that remains is confirmation by Austin City Council.

The council is set to take up a vote on Cronk Thursday but not everyone is on board with his appointment.

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Chacon was the sole internal candidate for the job, and according to a report by Axios, his appointment will be challenged by the Austin NAACP.

“They want business as usual. That’s what they’ve always wanted in Austin, Texas,” the NAACP’s Nelson Linder told Axios. “You promise people change, but you don’t do that.”

Chacon has been interim police chief since the retirement of former Chief Brian Manley amid a reckoning over racial injustice and use of force in law enforcement.

Chacon, who served as assistant chief in Austin for almost five years before being named interim chief, said he was “extremely excited and humbled” by the opportunity.

Manley, chosen to lead the department in 2018, had been at the center of ongoing criticism following a fatal police shooting in April 2020 of a man driving away from officers and controversial uses of force by officers during protests over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis in May 2020.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.