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Tag: Houston Police Department

Politics

Art Acevedo will be fired from his job as Miami police chief after 6 months

Associated Press

Posted on October 12, 2021 · Miami City Manager Art Noriega said Monday that he suspended Acevedo with the intent to terminate his employment, after the former Houston police chief was lambasted by city commissioners who he accused of meddling in the police department and internal affairs investigations.

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Shooting

Principal shot by former student at YES Prep charter’s southwest Houston campus, HPD says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on October 1, 2021 · The shooting was reported around 11:45 a.m. Friday, according to the Houston Police Department.

Tags Ed Gonzalez harris county sheriff's office Houston Police Department school shooting shooting yes prep YES Prep Public Schools

Criminal Justice

Former HPD Officer Pleads Guilty To His Involvement In U.S. Capitol Insurrection

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on September 21, 2021 · Former HPD officer Tam Dinh Pham pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building.

Tags Art Acevedo Houston Police Department hpd Tam Dinh Pham U.S. Capitol insurrection

Criminal Justice

Houston Policer Officer Killed While Serving An Arrest Warrant At A Harris County Apartment

Florian Martin

Posted on September 20, 2021 · A second officer was hospitalized, and the man they were trying to arrest was shot and killed by police.

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Criminal Justice

Murder Charge Dismissed Against Former HPD Officer Linked To Deadly Harding Street Raid

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on August 17, 2021 · Felipe Gallegos remains charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, along with 9 former members of HPD narcotics squad 15.

Tags botched raid dennis tuttle Felipe Gallegos gerald goines harding street raid Houston Police Department Rhogena Nicholas

Criminal Justice

Houston Police Officer Indicted For Aggravated Assault After 2019 Arrest

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on July 12, 2021 · Former HPD officer Lucas Vieira is now facing a felony charge of aggravated assault by a public servant after allegedly beating a man with handcuffs during a 2019 arrest.

Tags Art Acevedo aundre howard Harris County Grand Jury Houston Police Department hpd Lucas Vieira police brutality

Criminal Justice

Houston Chief Calls 1977 Police Killing ‘Straight-Up Murder’

Associated Press

Posted on June 29, 2021 · Joe Campos Torres was a Mexican-American Vietnam War veteran who was beaten to death by Houston police officers in 1977.

Tags buffalo bayou George Floyd Houston Police Department joe campos torres mexican american Troy Finner Vietnam veterans

Houston Matters

Houston Police Chief Finner Points To Pandemic Suspension Of Social Services, Court Backlog For Crime Increase

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 21, 2021 · Chief Finner discussed issues impacting criminal justice in Houston during an interview on Houston Matters Monday.

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Politics

Houston Passes $5.1 Billion Annual Budget, Using Federal Aid To Plug Deficit

Jen Rice

Posted on June 2, 2021 · The city avoided budget cuts and layoffs, though Mayor Sylvester Turner said the pandemic caused the worst deficit in the city’s history.

Tags Houston city budget Houston firefighters Houston Police Department Sallie Alcorn sylvester turner Troy Finner

Criminal Justice

Former Houston Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Records In Harding Street Raid Case

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 1, 2021 · Steven Bryant is the first officer to be convicted in the wake of the raid.

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Criminal Justice

11 Fired, 6 Suspended At Harris County Sheriff’s Office Following Death Of Inmate In February

Matt Harab

Posted on May 28, 2021 · “These 11 people betrayed my trust and the trust of our community," Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. "They showed complete disregard for the safety and wellbeing of a person they were directly responsible for protecting."

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They Found The Tiger

India The Tiger Was Found In Houston, Sent To An Animal Sanctuary

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 15, 2021 · The animal was found unharmed, police say. Its alleged owner was in court Friday.

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News

HPD Officer Being Sued For Excessive Force ‘No Longer Employed’

Florian Martin

Posted on April 30, 2021 · A federal lawsuit accuses the former officer of beating a handcuffed suspect and calling for him to be shot.

Tags aundre howard Black Lives Matter criminal justice Houston Police Department police brutality

Criminal Justice

Houston Will Spend More Than $1 Million To Fight Harding Street Raid Lawsuit

Paul DeBenedetto / Jen Rice

Posted on April 28, 2021 · The $1.25 million will go to Beck Redden LLP in the first phase of what the city described as a two-phase approach to defending itself against the civil rights suit filed on behalf of the victims' families.

Tags deadly police shooting drug raid gerald goines harding street raid Houston Police Department hpd narcotics unit pecan park

Business

Nike Suspends Sponsorship Of Deshaun Watson Amid Allegations

Associated Press

Posted on April 7, 2021 · Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, has called the allegations “meritless” and questioned the claims against Watson, alleging they were made following a failed attempt to blackmail his client.

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BREAKING

An officer was shot at a southeast Houston gas station, HPD says

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 4, 2022 · HPD says the incident occurred at 14800 Gulf Freeway at Astoria. 

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Astroworld

Gov. Abbott’s concert safety task force finds 5 key factors led to Astroworld incident

Haya Panjwani

Posted on April 19, 2022 · Abbott's Task Force on Concert Safety found permitting and lack of risk assessment, among other themes, contributed to the loss of 10 lives in November.

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Crime

Alleged carjacker shot by police after running over one man and stabbing another, HPD says

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on April 5, 2022 · Police say the man crashed a stolen truck into an apartment building after running over its owner, then tried to attack a concierge and stabbed another man.

Tags carjacking Houston Police Department hpd police shooting Troy Finner

Criminal Justice

City Council voted to approve the Houston police union contract, despite transparency concerns

Caroline Love

Posted on March 23, 2022 · Two council members tried to push the vote back before ultimately approving the contract.

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