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Has Dodging Big Storms Made Houstonians Too Apathetic?
Posted on · How should Houstonians reengage themselves to care about storm warnings - and other things - again?
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Has Dodging Big Storms Made Houstonians Too Apathetic?
Posted on · (Above: Hurricane Ike as seen in 2008 from NASA’s Earth Observatory. Image Courtesy: NASA)Houston just missed Tropical Storm Cindy. As the storm made its way inland, many Houstonians heeded warnings and stocked up on emergency supplies and prepared themselves. Still, many others shrugged off the warnings and carried on business as usual. It’s the latter […]
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Does Law Enforcement’s Inability to Investigate Every Crime Make the Public Apathetic About Reporting It?
Posted on · We learned this past summer about a Houston Police Department staffing study commissioned by the city, which indicated 15,000 burglaries and thefts, 3,000 hit-and-run crashes and 3,000 assaults in 2013 were set aside without follow-up. Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland, at the time, noted “There has never been a time that I have been employed […]