The resignation came amid a probe into how the department has suspended thousands of criminal investigations due to a lack of personnel.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner resigned Wednesday amid an investigation into how the department suspended thousands of cases., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
In a late-night email to the police department, Whitmire named Assistant Police Chief Larry Satterwhite as acting chief of police, saying he had full confidence in Satterwhite’s abilities to “lead and uphold the high standards of our department.” Whitmire repeatedly had voiced support for Finner and, in fact, began his City Hall tenure with an overnight ridealong with the chief moments after being sworn in at midnight on Jan. 1. His public support continued throughout months of headlines about the suspended cases, even as he set up an independent committee to conduct a review of those cases and the police department’s actions.
Later in the meeting, Whitmire said the department being forced to expend resources on old cases at the same time that new crimes flared played a role in the chief’s departure. Several council members also said they believed Finner when he said he did not recall receiving the 2018 email referencing suspended cases. District D Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz noted that even in that 2018 email thread, Finner had described the suspension of a case as “unacceptable.”
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