13 Investigates has obtained a 2018 email that calls into question when Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner first heard a case was suspended due to lack of staff.
13 Investigates obtained a 2018 email that calls into question when HPD Chief Troy Finner first heard a case was suspended due to lack of staff.
"November 2021 was the first time I was made aware of this code in a briefing by the Special Victims Division. At that time, I told them the code was unacceptable and never use it again," Finner said during a March 7 press conference. The July 20, 2018, email was addressed to several high ranking HPD leaders, including then Chief Art Acevedo, as well as Finner, who was an executive assistant chief back then.It details that the case was labeled that way, even though a witness ID'ed a suspect.The email does not flag issues with the suspended code or address how often it is being used.13 Investigates reached out to HPD to ask about the email Tuesday morning.
Even though the phrase 'suspended lack of personnel' was included in this 2018 email, there is nothing that alerted me to its existence as a code or how it was applied within the department.
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