Last week, Mayor White seemed puzzled that local perceptions about crime don’t match HPD’s improving crime figures (via Chron.com’s City Hall blog):
“There are some neighborhoods that felt a lot more insecure after Katrina,” White said. The police department has deployed additional manpower to southwest Houston, and has gotten results, he said.
Still, fear of crime has not lessened. “You go to the civic clubs, you don’t get the feedback that people feel more secure,” White admitted.
And this report from KHOU-11 isn’t likely to help those perceptions:
The first weekend of the New Year proved to be busy for law enforcement and deadly for some Houstonians.
Overnight, police were called to the scene of multiple shootings and stabbings.
You may recall more than a year ago when Chief Hurtt offered this assessment in a meeting with the Chronicle‘s editorial board:
“Overall in the city of Houston, you’re pretty safe,” says Hurtt. “If you’re not involved in specific types of behavior, not out on the streets at particular times of night and particular areas of the city, you have a pretty good chance of not becoming a victim of violent crime in the city of Houston.”
Unfortunately, this past weekend, too many people were involved in dangerous time/place/behavior situations, and became victims of violent crime.
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