KHOU-11 reports on recent cooperation between HPD and the feds:
Houston’s top cop said the city’s streets are safer because of a new initiative between HPD officers and federal agents.
HPD Chief Harold Hurtt credits the six-month initiative with making streets safer but admits the job is not over.
Last week, Houston police officers arrested several gang members and confiscated dozens of weapons.
It was easy to see it was not an ordinary bust when police and federal agents moved in on the wanted suspects who at the time were carrying boxes filled with guns.
One of the gang members happened to be a suspect in a murder.
“It was very important that we be were very aggressive,” said Chief Harold Hurtt. “So we took a zero-tolerance approach in enforcement,” he said. “That is that if any crime was committed, the suspects or individuals we were looking for
