As an inner loop Houston Realtor I have an obligation to be informed about current events in Houston. I recently attended a Houston City Council Meeting on December 17th which discussed body cameras for police. Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland was the primary speaker for the first hour and half of the council meeting as he outlined his program and answered questions. Chief McClelland reported the results of his test program involving 100 officers with body cameras. He found that: • It takes … [Read more...]

By Yang Wang Houston Chronicle, July 11, 2010 At least 60 times a day, thieves and rogues plundered Houston-area homes last year — in fact, on average, a burglar smashed through doors and windows to rip off valuables every 30 minutes. Chances are, before you finish reading this newspaper, a neighbor's laptop, jewelry or flat-screen TV has been carted away by thugs. Burglaries went up at least 22 percent over the last four years, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of police data, and nearly 22,000 of us … [Read more...]

by Jeremy Desel / KHOU.com kens5.com Posted on March 11, 2010 at 7:11 AM Updated Thursday, Mar 11 at 7:15 AM HOUSTON –  The city of Houston will consider furloughs for police officers and firefighters as it weighs options to save money, Houston Mayor Annise Parker said in a letter released Wednesday. "The letter was not a surprise to us,” said Gary Blankenship,  the president of the Houston Police Officer’s Union. “We knew, early on, that the economic times in Texas and across the states are … [Read more...]