Year: 2006

Earlier, KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley reported that graffiti vandals tagged HPD’s Montrose substation and police cars: The graffiti fight turned very personal for police officers Thursday night. Vandals targeted among other things, an HPD storefront and

Thanks to a blogHOUSTON reader for forwarding this amazing, in-depth story from Diverse Education magazine about the maddening saga of TSU and Priscilla Slade. Did you know that three TSU students did most of the

KUHF-88.7 reports that as Transtar’s mission continues to increase beyond just keeping an eye on Houston traffic, the agency will double the size of its office space: As part of the expansion, the county’s 9-1-1

Chief Hurtt is trying to do Taser damage control, so to speak, as there are now calls from several lawmakers to limit their use (via the Chronicle): “My legislative intent is to come up with

The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz today reports that statistics back up what most Houstonians know to be true about Houston’s surge in crime (unless they’ve been listening to the spin coming from MayorWhiteChiefHurtt): Violent crime in

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles checks in on HPD’s efforts to boost its manpower. Unsurprisingly, he finds that Mayor White’s political rhetoric during the last campaign season doesn’t match reality: Mayor Bill White’s sales pitch to