Yesterday, Mayor Bill White, Police Chief Harold Hurtt, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison held a press conference downtown to discuss $20 million in funding secured by DeLay and Hutchison to boost Houston law enforcement (in partial response to the demands placed on HPD by the influx of hurricane refugees).
The money will be used to fund ongoing acronym crimefighting efforts (involving overtime expenditures) as well as cadet classes (to tackle the bigger manpower problem at HPD).
MEDIA COVERAGE: KPRC-2, KHOU-11, Chronicle.
UPDATE: As it turns out, the online story linked above didn’t appear in the print version of the Chronicle. That’s pathetic.
BLOGVERSATION: Texas Safety Forum.
