Posted on · Former HPD Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner will officially take over the department, Earlier in the day, Art Acevedo was sworn in as Miami police chief.
Posted on · In his first interview with Houston Public Media, incoming Houston Police Chief Troy Finner also touches on the fallout from the Harding Street Raid, lawsuits against the department, and recommendations from Houston’s Police Reform Task Force.
Posted on · Police chiefs from Texas' largest cities are decrying the bill as it is being discussed at the Teas Legislature special session.
Posted on · Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo takes your questions and comments.
Posted on · Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo takes your questions and comments. We discuss whether the oil and gas industry is at odds with Energy Sec. Rick Perry. And we meet some of the folks behind the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale.
Posted on · Chief Art Acevedo stressed efficiency when he took his position six months ago. Now, he’s announced the steps he’s taking towards that goal.
Posted on · Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed Art Acevedo as Houston's new police chief in November. Chief Acevedo has spent over 30 years with law enforcement, including 20 with the California Highway Patrol and most recently ten on Austin’s police force. Now he has become the chief of the country’s fifth-largest police force. Acevedo faces numerous challenges at […]
Posted on · The Houston Chronicle recently published an investigative piece looking at how a patient's suicide at The Menninger Clinic points to larger problems in transparency with mental health clinics and hospitals. We talk with Mike Hixenbaugh with The Houston Chronicle about his report Also this hour…
Posted on · The Houston City Council confirmed the mayor’s appointment Wednesday.
Posted on · Charles McClelland has been a member of the Houston Police Department since 1977. He worked his way up through the ranks, and became the Chief of Police in 2010. Now, after more than 38 years on the force– and more than five years at the helm — Chief McClelland is retiring, effective in ten days […]
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week: some of it good, some of it bad, some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all. This week, Tamara Tabo, Charles Kuffner […]
Posted on · A little under a year ago we spoke with Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland and Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia about crime in Houston. We looked at how itâs investigated, how itâs monitored, what are some of the trends in crime that are on the rise and what trends seem to be declining. Today itâs […]
Posted on · little under a year ago we spoke with Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland and Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia about crime in Houston. We looked at how it's investigated, how it's monitored, what are some of the trends in crime that are on the rise and what trends seem to be declining. On this edition […]
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 âThere has never been a time that I have been employed […]
Posted on · When you’re the fourth largest city in the country, crime is an inevitable part of life. But what crimes? And how prevalent are they? Houston Police Department statistics offer a glimpse. In January of this year, HPDÂ says there were more than 11,300 crimes reported across the city of Houston. More than half were thefts; […]