Month: September 2006

Various media outlets reported the bad news yesterday: An HPD officer had been shot and killed in the line of duty. Here is the Chronicle‘s account: A 12-year veteran of the Houston Police Department was

KTRH-740 is reporting (mp3 download) that “sources” tell them that the man who killed the HPD officer yesterday was an illegal immigrant, in addition to having a rap sheet. This is a hot topic on

This is amusing: You know how Chief Hurtt likes to spend his weekends in Phoenix, right? Well, here’s an HPD press release with details of a benefit golf tournament the chief is hosting: Texas Cops

KTRK-13 reports that State Rep. Martha Wong has asked Gov. Rick Perry for help with Houston’s surging crime problem: A local lawmaker is demanding the governor step in to help fight crime in our area.

The Chronicle reports that the city is still dragging its feet on spending the money necessary for Michael Bromwich’s team to finish its investigation of HPD’s crime lab: The only comprehensive investigation of the Houston

There’s good news and bad news in the FBI’s latest statistics on crime in the nation’s ten largest cities. The good news is, Houston isn’t worst. That dishonor goes to Dallas. The bad news is,