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4,017 - Total of sex crime reports reviewed. 399 - Number of forensic interviews scheduled with survivors. 1,767 - Officer visits to last known address of victims. 91,824 reviewed of 264,000 - Department-wide incident reports reviewed. 1/3 - Reports that have been reviewed within eight weeks. 3,462 - cases that have been cleared, suspended or inactivated, mostly due to no additional leads. “The remaining reports are being investigated. Any incident will be reopened should a complainant contact us and provide additional information or evidence,” Finner said. That very last thing made my stomach sink.....what would it take out of a person, who had suffered the trauma of enduring rape, realizing HPD had shelved that complaint, understood that after " investigation" HPD had closed it, then finally knowing it would would be up to the victim to get it up and going again.

Yup! Side by Side is a concept that people escorting preschool bike riders know the importance of.

I have a 3 wheeled electric bike - one of the grandkids has tiny pedal bike with train8ng wheels, but you can't forget the double wide stroller that usually comes along to sort of act as guard on the other side for pedal bike........if we all go side by side we take up more than 6 feet wide-- at 10 feet wide, there is possibility of someone else either going in our direction or the opposite direction can also use sidewalk. This seems to be a hard concept for people to understand.

I think I still have a lot of questions CitizensNet Newsletter: PUBLIC SAFETY & HOMELAND SECURITY | 04-19-2024 Police Chief Finner Provides Latest Update on Suspended Incident Reports Review I have said from the beginning that we will keep our community updated throughout this extensive process of reviewing 4,017 adult sexual assault incident reports and 264,000 department-wide incident reports suspended with a code of “lack of personnel” dating back to 2016. Effective today, our investigators and officers have reviewed all 4,017 incident reports with an adult sex crime nexus. Of those, 3,462 have been cleared, suspended or inactivated, mostly due to no additional leads. The remaining reports are being investigated. Any incident will be reopened should a complainant contact us and provide additional information or evidence. In our last update, we announced we learned there were 95 incident reports located with DNA profiles collected that resulted in profile matches (hits) with individuals in the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Following a review of those 95 incidents, it was learned one of the incidents did not involve a CODIS hit. This was verified by the Houston Forensic Science Center. Investigators are actively following up on the now updated 94 reports. We have determined that 14 of those hits match profiles of 14 suspects currently incarcerated for separate crimes. Our follow-up investigations are underway on those individuals. CODIS profile matches are evidence, but not necessarily proof an individual committed a crime. Most important, we remain laser-focused on providing trauma-informed services to any sexual assault survivors and are prioritizing family violence and crimes against persons reports. All 807 incident reports initially located with a family violence nexus have been reviewed, with 551 of them found to fit criteria for being cleared, inactivated or suspended. We are following up on the other 250 incidents to determine how many require follow-up investigations. In the first eight weeks of our review of the 264,000 incident reports, nearly 92,000 have been reviewed, more than 1/3 of all reports. Of those 92,000, we have determined about 1/3 of them (30,000) were properly suspended, but should have used a code other than the lack of personnel. That means one of every three reports we are reviewing was correctly suspended, but with the wrong code. Through this review, investigators have had a total of 34 charges filed on 27 suspects. Some are for violent crimes such as aggravated assault, while most are charged with misdemeanors. This is what progress looks like. We are learning from any past mistakes in our case management and review protocols and making corrections as this review process continues. Our communications with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the Houston Forensic Science Center have improved, with frequent meetings being held to discuss best avenues in seeking justice for any survivors and complainants. Through the efforts of personnel on-duty and on extra shifts, working seven days a week, we are reviewing about 10,000 reports per week. As I’ve said, HPD will be a better police department when this review process and follow-up investigations are completed. We cannot rush the review process, but our community should know we are making steady progress.

Wow so many typos- sometimes my rants affect my typing-- apologies. but a few hours have calmed me a bit to understand that going to those silly council meetings might be my new best step forward- sigh😶

I think Montrose /Neartown is Superneighborhood 24 i think it predates the label "Superneighborhood" I am getting the notion that Mayor Whitmire has fallen victim to the myth of Montrose-- what that preconceived notion is that Montrose has plenty of stuff of 🥵 doesn't need to improve upon any of its other stuff😡 so why bother approving any CIP projects. I don't mean to be naive nut there are streets that don't have usable side2als @nd places where there ar3 no sidewalks, plus the open ditch draining and th3 crater pot holes yadayada when Harvey came through there was flooding--- surely my family wasn't the only one experiencing 5hat. I have se3n flooding at Fairview and Montrose, Montrose and Westheimer, Westheimer and Stanford...... those are own observations because that is our usual path to walk.....when I post that experience on other sites-- people yell at me "I'm Crazy" in all caps😣 Im really trying to post what I know....... Here's my latest conundrum since May Whitmire took over ( my own first hand observation) when trying to raise awareness of a problem, I think is worthy for COH to take a look at: long time knowledgeable COH department heads seem to have retired and been replaced with younger, enthusiastic but not very knowledgeable campaign supporters. Those nice young people cheerfully look me straight in the eye after pointed out they are the doorkeeper of that problem I've described and explainer--- they cheerfully acknowledge they will have to get back to me after that problem has been researched and questions on there side must be answered and solved.......... then....THEN With great good humor.....invite me to speak in front of city council meetings as that is Mayor's favorite public discourse in these situations. so I'm trasported back in time to when I had to go to city hall hours before (hopefully get parking space) to stand in line to sign up to speak so I might get to be number 21 or 22nd to speak and not number 56 or 57 to speak wait my time (hopefully get a seat so I don't have to stand the whole time) then I get my three ( sometimes only 1 minute) minutes, to explain, then reexplain, who I am and how COH can address this problem--- only (most times anyway) to have a newly elected COH person or newly appointed aide to Mayor over talk me pointing out I need to contact ( inserts name of the original person, I just established contact with) speak to that person instead of discussing at current council meeting.😩 so okay-- Mayor Whitmire likes to side with the little guy? I guess I know what my Tuesday will be folding into.😥

T he federal $ for second phase went away- I'm fairly sure the Mayor can't "reuse" the TIRZ $ for something else- why exactly did the Mayor choose to side with saving compromised 60 year trees ( historic?) that are constantly v cut, root bound and never watered?

I wonder what % of HPD officers engage in non beat cop/ patrol cop duties? Could a different set of people do those jobs? A different set, vetted, set; that was trained for that sort of duty....routing calls? Answering telephone, filing, directing parking lots exits? Monitoring continuous public TIRZ meetings? We've all seen those officers. ....could that new set of people perhaps with a salary, compared to new teacher position, or just 30% of a new officer....is that something that might work? So from someone from the outside looking in-- my quasi qualified opinion came up with.... 🧐 A 3 able bodies for the price of one officer.......maybe money found thru grants or even corporations.....does any of that sort of pie-in-the-sky/outside-of-the-box sort of thinking ever take place? Does any brain storming to find a useful solution ever go on over at COH and HPD? All that talk from Mayor Whitmire of finding extra men to assist HPD sounded plausible; is that suggestion viable? Is there a certain specific position at COH/HPD dedicated to actual intelligent thought to finding a solution to so few officers in such a big city? Just wondering.........

Okay here goes....... I'm posting the CWPIP meeting. I think this is how accountability might start. You go to one of these hosted community meetings. You look around but noone looks familiar. The room will be full of blue uniforms. You notice, there is no section of the meeting labeled Q&A, instead, you are told when the meeting is over, you are to find your local HPD and. Ask questions " one on one. "You aren't really there for the chosen topic, that will be presented. Instead you quietly stand and raise a hand, you reasonably address the Houston Chief of Police, Identify yourself and ask what happened to allow 4,000+- rape cases to be shelved. You respectably, ask that the number of cops on street was the exact reason-- you explain that 20 years is enough for that remain the reason --- change is needed and change is needed now. I will stand up and support you. Ill post in announcements also.

I know it must be a mega-odious option but why is it no one ever brings up a sale tax? not a huge increase, perhaps a fraction of a penny. why do I go there you ask? I'm stuck in a mindset that increasing my already high property tax, might get me more police (but HPD has always been 1uick to point out HPD police response is gauged towards the # of calls made from certain part of town-HPD/PIP is always telling me Montrose residents don't make a huge number of those calls) but will not get me a =>better street outside my house =>closing the open ditch drainage next to my crap sidewalks, =>Replacements for crumbling curbs, not to mention the need for more handicap cut outs at street intersections in my neighborhood of aging residents =>more water pressure, from the remaining 100 + years old pipes =>better garbage and recycle pick up that just the start- geez, if it wasn't for my great neighbors and the opportunity to live the myth of the Montrose-- those property taxes would drive you out of town🫤😶🧐😵‍💫

Geez I am gobsmacked at that notion

I saw the Fox News report on Chief Finners news conference concerning the rapes this morning. a reporter pointed out that =>we're not talking about vagrancy, BMV, or robbery..... there was DNA evidence....still got shelved......how does that happen? Finner replied... We're all frustrated ......not enough police for a city this size I got Deja vu that response was so similar to the the responses I received 2hen I began trying to raise awareness at COH Honestly, I had wrote to my District C, and all the at large .....when I did get a response- it was so mealy mouth everyone else? Crickets! Honestly- no outrage - no brainstorming -no potential problem solving solutions. Just how long will all the muckity-mucks keep shielding themselves behind =>not enough cops on the street? Geez I've been hearing that for 20 years now- surely there is solution.