Chief Troy Finner said the Houston Police Department has reviewed a third of all incident reports that were suspended due to lack of staff.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said the department has reviewed a third of all incident reports that were suspended due to lack of staff. Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner said on Thursday there are workable leads for more than 900 sex crimes that were sidelined because of an improper code citing a lack of personnel .
On Thursday, Finner said that the department reviewed a third of all incident reports that were suspended, and at least five new charges for family violence cases have been filed. But, he said, in 51 cases, the victim didn't want to move forward, a suspect has already been charged, or police cannot find the victim. 13 Investigates doesn't know if that would have been the case had these incidents not been sidelined.
"We'll speak to all that and more, and I promise you, upon the completion of the , that's part of it. We'll speak to it," Finner said. "We'll speak to it. OK. Gotta trust me on that on that one."
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