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Unless all of y'all have been living under rocks, there has been increase of violent crime impacting the Lone Star State's largest city including a rising murder rate inside the City of Houston due to what Houston Crime Stopper's victim advocate Andy Kahn calls "bond pandemic". https://abc13.com/houston-murder-rate-homicide-hpd-update-8121534/ https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2020/12/09/593466.htm https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/houston-authorities-target-rise-in-road-rage-amid-pandemic/2500231/ https://www.theblaze -
In a move that surprised some but didn't with others, HPD Police Chief Art Acevedo recently announced he was leaving the Space City for South Beach & becoming the new police chief of the Miami PD in Miami, FL. In his last press conference, he also got into another testy exchange with NBC 2 KPRC-TV Houston reporter Mario Diaz. Texas Monthly had an article detailing how Acevedo managed to piss off everybody. Give me your thoughts on Acevedo's tenure as HPD Police Chief & how he'll be remembered ? Yesterday inside Houston City Hall: Houston Mayor Syl
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The Crime Stoppers of Houston HQ, the Dave Ward Building was recently opened & lots of dignitaries attended the grand opening ceremonies. Let me know what y'all thought: http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-dave-ward-building-crime-stoppers-of-houston-building.html https://www.facebook.com/davewardshouston/
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) announced an arrest has been made in the shooting death of 8-year-old De'Maree Adkins. Turner will provide details in a press conference at 3:45 PM this afternoon. http://abc13.com/news/mayor-arrest-made-in-shooting-death-of-8-year-old/1779615/
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Yesterday, Austin PD Chief Art Acevedo accepted the position of Police Chief for the Houston Police Department after Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner named him as the Space City's top cop. He comes to Houston with plenty of accomplishments from his previous tenure in Austin. http://abc13.com/news/acevedo-appears-to-be-houstons-top-cop-pick/1611754/ http://kxan.com/2016/11/17/art-acevedo-accepts-new-job-as-houston-police-chief/ https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/17/austin-police-chief-expected-to-become-houstons-polic/ How do y'all like Mayor Turn
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In the wake of 16 people hospitalized from overdoses of synthetic cannabinoids known as Kush or K2, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has vowed to "take back our parks" by bulking up police presence there & in other "hot spots" across citywide. Turner had announced on Thursday an "aggressive plan" in creating a 50-person downtown police patrol division, the transfer of about 175 officers to patrol beats, an overtime program to add roving bike & golf-cart patrols in city parks & the hiring of 13 park rangers. "They are scaring away families & taxing our emergency medica
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