Criminal Justice
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Names Troy Finner New Police Chief
Posted on · The news comes days after the annoncement that current Chief Art Acevedo was leaving to take a leadership job in Miami.
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Criminal Justice
Family Of Nicolas Chavez Sues Houston, HPD For $100 Million After Deadly Police Shooting
Posted on · The lawsuit aims to show that HPD policy allowed the officers to kill the 27-year-old because he picked up a Taser.
Politics
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo Blasts Harris County Judges, Leadership In Press Conference After Miami Job Announcement
Posted on · With violent crime increasing in the city, Acevedo called the current criminal justice system in Houston "a failure," blaming judges, the district attorney, and "people who run the county that don’t care enough to actually fight back.”
Houston Matters
What Houston Expects From Its Next Police Chief (March 16, 2021)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: We consider the qualities Houston's next police chief should have, City Council Member Letitia Plummer discusses city government, and we get answers to your questions about gardening and insects.
Criminal Justice
Houston Mayor Turner Looks To Add More Police, Raise Firefighter Pay With Federal Stimulus
Posted on · The mayor said he would add a sixth HPD cadet class in next year's budget to help address a "significant uptick in violence" throughout Houston, and that he would propose the firefighter raise "with or without" input from the union.
Houston
Art Acevedo Is Leaving Houston To Become Miami’s Police Chief
Posted on · At a Florida press conference, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Acevedo, calling him "the best chief in America."
Houston
Houston Woman Trampled By Mounted Police Officer During Summer Protests Sues HPD, City
Posted on · The suit draws parallels between the actions of HPD during the protests and the actions of the police officers who killed George Floyd, saying HPD and the city demonstrated "the very same propensity for the use of unjustified violence."
Houston
Man Shot By Houston Police Sues City, Officers
Posted on · The lawsuit says Keith Martin just wanted to service the undercover officers’ cars when one of them shot him in early 2020.
Criminal Justice
6 More HPD Officers Indicted In Connection With 2019 Harding Street Raid
Posted on · Twelve HPD officers in total have been indicted. Two are charged with first-degree murder.
Houston Matters
An Infamous Murder And A Groundbreaking Homicide Team: Podcast Chronicles Houston’s ‘Chicano Squad’
Posted on · The podcast's host, actor and comedian Cristela Alonzo, tells Houston Matters the true story of an all-Latino homicide squad in the late 1970s.
Houston
Houston Police Officer Likely Under Federal Investigation For Involvement In D.C. Insurrection, Acevedo Says
Posted on · The unidentified patrol officer will likely face federal charges after allegedly entering the Capitol building Wednesday alongside other pro-Trump extremists, Acevedo said.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus In Greater Houston: Texas Hospitalizations Are Reaching July COVID-19 Peaks
Posted on · Health experts are worried about a possible spike in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving holiday travel.
Houston
Updated: Veteran HPD Sergeant Shot And Killed In Southwest Houston, Police Say
Posted on · A SWAT team was sent to the scene to respond to a potential barricaded person, police said.
Houston Matters
Friday’s Houston Matters: Officers Fired Over Nicholas Chavez Shooting, And Back To School At UH (Sep. 11, 2020)
Posted on · On Friday's Show: Why the Houston Police Officers' Union disagrees with the firing, how back-to-school is going at the University of Houston, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news.
City of Houston
5 Houston City Council Members Outline Police Reform Proposals In Letter To Mayor Turner
Posted on · The reforms include changes to the city's Independent Police Oversight Board, but do not include budget cuts.