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Houston Police chief resigns, mayor 'shocked' by latest investigation’s revelation
Just the News ^ | 5/13/24 | By Bethany Blankley

Posted on 05/13/2024 11:30:49 PM PDT by CFW

Houston’s police chief has resigned after emails obtained by a local news outlet appear to show that he knew about massive failures in the department well before he said he did. Within hours of issuing a statement about the findings, he resigned.

In February, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner first announced that the Houston Police Department dropped 264,000 crime reports, including violent crimes and sexual assaults, which weren’t investigated because a “lack of personnel” code was assigned to them, The Center Square reported.

In March, new Houston Mayor John Whitmire appointed an independent panel to review an internal HPD investigation into how the hundreds of thousands of criminal incident reports fell through the cracks. When Finner apologized at a news conference for the code being used, he said he first learned of its use in November 2021. He also said he told his senior leadership team to make sure it was no longer used.

Hours later, he submitted his resignation to Mayor John Whitmire, who accepted it. Whitmire sent a notification to HPD that he had accepted Finner’s immediate resignation and had appointed Larry Satterwhite as Acting Chief of Police on May 8.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bideneffect; crime; houston; illegals; johnwhitmire; records; statistics; texas; troyfinner
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To: CFW

Right. For example, the Pittsburgh police recently announced that they will not be responding to a whole list of crimes. Burglary in progress? Police will be sent. Burglar has already left? They’ll just take a report over the phone.

People will soon get the idea that it’s not worth making the 911 call. Presto, crime is down.


21 posted on 05/14/2024 5:54:24 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
- Presto, crime is down. -

Exactly. Just like in Tom Clancy's book Debt of Honor: If it's not written down it didn't happen.

22 posted on 05/14/2024 6:04:49 AM PDT by ken in texas
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To: CFW

“The interest is up and the stock market’s down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown”


23 posted on 05/14/2024 6:08:44 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Pointing out hypocrisy is meaningless to the Left; they don't have principles, they have goals. )
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To: CFW

Guessed right, AGAIN!


24 posted on 05/14/2024 6:15:03 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: cdcdawg
“The interest is up and the stock market’s down
And you only get mugged if you go downtown”

If Trump didn’t run this year, I was going to write in “Bocephus”.


25 posted on 05/14/2024 6:28:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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“Houston Police Chief Troy Finner”

Another affirmative action Hire success story. /s/


26 posted on 05/14/2024 6:34:19 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: CFW

Most of the time, your safety depends largely on the like-minded civility of your fellow community members.

I’m amazed at citizens, who are shocked that crime would intrude on their lives.

Many crimes are crimes of opportunity and you should always be aware that they can happen to you anytime and anywhere.

Cops can’t be there when you need them. So, become proficient and carry concealed like the crooks do.


27 posted on 05/14/2024 6:50:15 AM PDT by old school
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To: CFW
Yeah, the mayor's shocked.



28 posted on 05/14/2024 6:54:34 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: V_TWIN

It doesn’t matter who they hire for the job, the cops won’t be allowed to do their jobs because it might adversely affect some members of a politically active interest group.

City Hall doesn’t care if your concerns are addressed or not!


29 posted on 05/14/2024 7:03:18 AM PDT by old school
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To: CFW

I wonder how much of the force is DEI, quota hires, and affirmative action.


30 posted on 05/14/2024 8:20:15 AM PDT by Enterprise
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