Houston Police Department - News Releases
The following news releases are published by the Houston Police Department, Office of Community Affairs. For further information, contact a public information officer at 713-308-3200.
Young girl who may have been kidnapped found safe after police …
1 day ago · The Houston Police Department said the pursuit started just after 8 p.m. Monday at a gas station in the 8100 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard, not far from Hobby Airport, and ended about five ...
Houston police chief Troy Finner retires suddenly after questions ...
May 8, 2024 · CNN — Houston’s police chief unexpectedly retired from the force Tuesday night amid questions about a department policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of cases to be suspended, including...
After Houston police chief retired amid scandal over dropped cases
May 11, 2024 · For months, a police accountability group in Houston demanded that Police Chief Troy Finner resign after he revealed that thousands of cases, including those involving serious offenses such...
Houston Police suspended cases scandal ... - Houston Public Media
Aug 21, 2024 · Half a year after the Houston Police Department was rocked by a scandal involving a quarter million suspended cases, Mayor John Whitmire's Independent Review Committee released its findings...
Houston police, after claiming man shot by officers opened fire …
Jun 7, 2024 · HPD Assistant Chief Yasar Bashir, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting Wednesday afternoon at an apartment complex in the Westchase area, said the man raised a semi-automatic firearm and...
Houston police cases suspended: Chief Troy Finner expands …
Feb 26, 2024 · The stunning revelation on Monday, which resulted from a wider department review, came days after a frustrated Chief Troy Finner vowed that HPD will do better by adult sex crime victims.
Mayor Whitmire’s HPD panel finds failures in ... - Houston Public …
May 16, 2024 · An independent review panel tasked with overseeing the Houston Police Department’s internal probe into more than a quarter of a million suspended cases found major shortcomings in HPD’s...
Houston police suspended cases: Mayor Whitmire says HPD …
Mar 13, 2024 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A frustrated Mayor John Whitmire again apologized to crime victims on Wednesday while also making a bombshell claim amid the ongoing suspended cases scandal rocking...
Metro names HPD assistant chief Ban Tien to head police department
4 days ago · Yi-Chin Lee/Staff photographer. Metro has appointed a new chief to lead the nearly 300 officers that make up its police department, according to a Friday news release. Ban Tien will replace Chief ...
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