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31 Jan 2021, 6:30 pm by Brianna Smith
The city of Houston was recently hit with two lawsuits over a botched police raid. [read post]
7 May 2020, 10:20 am by Neal Davis
NBC News has cited an even higher increase in domestic violence calls to the Houston Police Department, which it said rose by 20 percent in March compared to February. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 5:09 pm by Mark Bennett
Yesterday when HCCLA went to Houston’s City Hall, we learned (because the Mayor told us) that the City of Houston is working on separating the crime lab from the Houston Police Department. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 8:09 am by Susan I. Nelson
"The Houston Police Department joined Secure Communities and started using the same databases in mid-December. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 9:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Say you're chief of the fourth largest police department in the country. [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 11:46 am by texastriallawyers
A suspected intoxicated driver crashed into a Houston Police Department vehicle early today according to news reports. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 7:07 am by Ben Hiltzheimer
According to former Texas appellate judge Michol O'Connor, the time has passed to wonder about what can be done to address Houston's notorious wrongful conviction problem, just as the time has passed to wait for the Houston Police Department to fix the problems on their own. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 5:08 am by SHG
It's hardly clear that the Houston police are any more brutal or abusive than any other police department, but the video of Chad Holley being used as a kicking bag is the sort of thing to galvanize interest. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 5:59 am by Lawrenz Fares
Immediately after the assailant was chased away by one of Beckwith's friends, she contacted the Houston Police Department who took her to a local hospital in... [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 9:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Houston police union and the acting chief want the department to regain control of crime scene technicians who investigate police shootings, reported Lise Olsen at the Houston Chronicle, after that authority was transferred to the city's independent crime lab two years ago. [read post]
24 Feb 2016, 4:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A New York Times article yesterday titled "Lack of video hampers inquiries into Houston police shootings," discussed here by Amanda Woog, highlighted the fact that, unlike most other Texas police departments, Houston PD does not have dashcams in the overwhelming majority of its police cars. [read post]
9 Jun 2020, 5:36 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(Houston is a strong-mayor city, unlike Dallas or Austin, so he has unilateral power to veto such measures.)The city council in San Antonio has heard calls for the city to reduce the police department budget, but hasn't seen any formal proposals yet.Meanwhile, in Austin, all 11 city council members today endorsed the reform resolutions being voted on Thursday, including a resolution telling the city manager to present… [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 5:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
While I haven't seen data for Houston, at many Texas departments false burglar alarms are the number 1 type of police service call, and in all cities they're in the top three. [read post]
29 Aug 2010, 2:10 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Representatives from police and sheriff departments in Austin, Houston and Fort Worth were in attendence. [read post]
4 Apr 2022, 12:22 pm by zola.support.team
Usually led by the Houston Police Department vice squad, this is another area police use stings. [read post]
26 Sep 2012, 10:33 am by Michael Lowe
The Houston Police Department places the highest value on human life and events like these are tragic and unfortunate for everyone involved. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 7:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As it turns out, there is a book-length history of the Houston Police Department, a high-end vanity piece commissioned by the Houston Police Officers Union, written by Mitchel Roth and Tom Kennedy. [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 8:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The department currently has five body cameras being tested by patrol and school resource officers. [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 12:48 pm
The Houston Police Department maintains a public website of news releases to keep their citizens informed of crime and accident statistics and background information. [read post]