Houston Texas Police Department

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Overview

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  • Houston, Texas is located in the southeast portion of the state.[1]
  • Population: 2,301,572 (2020), making it the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.[1]
  • Officers: 5,053[2]

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Policy Changes

On February 20, 2019, in reaction to the shooting deaths of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, the agency enacted a new policy requiring that all no-knock search warrant requests be additionally approved by the police chief.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Houston , wikipedia
  2. Houston Police Department in Houston, Texas, CountyOffice.org
  3. Florian Martin, Timeline: A Botched Houston Police Raid And Its Consequences, Houston Public Media, 2019-02-28

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Recent articles: Joshua Nahulu, Shevoy Brown, Thomas Mascia, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas (2019), Gerald Goines

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