Houston Police chief apologizes as 264,000 crime reports went uninvestigated

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Houston Police chief apologizes as 264,000 crime reports went uninvestigated

(The Center Square) – Continuing with his commitment to crack down on crime, new Houston Mayor John Whitmire has appointed an independent panel to review a Houston Police Department investigation into how hundreds of thousands of criminal incident reports fell through the cracks. More than 264,000 reports, including violent crimes and sexual assaults, weren’t investigated […]

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