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May 3, 2024 at 9:09 PM. HOUSTON - The Houston Police Union claims they were ordered to stop talking about the internal investigation for the Houston Police Department. A general order, which was ...
May 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM. HOUSTON - Larry Satterwhite took the reins of the Houston Police Department Wednesday as acting police chief after a late night email Tuesday confirmed former police chief ...
KEN MILLER and JUAN A. LOZANO. May 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM. HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s mayor has replaced the city’s police chief, saying Wednesday it was the best thing for a law enforcement ...
Finner said in April the police department had made progress reviewing about 264,000 investigations that were suspended since 2016 citing only lack of personnel. More than 4,000 of those cases ...
The Houston Police Department ( HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department, serving the fourth-largest city in the United States.
The first author, Roth, is a professor at Sam Houston State University and the second, Kennedy, at one time wrote newspaper articles for the Houston Post. The book was produced in a six year period after the Houston Police Officers' Union hired both authors in 2004. The authors consulted archives as part of their research.
The first constable of the then recently incorporated capital city of the Republic of Texas, Houston was elected in 1837, making him the city's first law enforcement officer. The police force itself was not established until 1841 by Houston's first marshal, Daniel Busley. There was little patrolling of the city during the next 20 years.
Houston Police Office Union President Doug Griffith stated, "It has come to my attention that Chief Troy Finner has decided to retire from the Department. I wanted to take this opportunity to ...