Houston police prepare for Freedom Over Texas after Illinois shooting: 'Make sure you're vigilant'
James Jones, executive assistant chief for the Houston Police Department, explains how officers have prepared to keep people safe during Freedom Over Texas on July 4, 2022.Houston police officers streamed into the Fonde community center on Monday afternoon for roll call ahead of the city's big Fourth of July festival,
But Jones knew there were no guarantees that tragedy wouldn't unfold. Hours earlier across the country, aat least six people at a Fourth of July parade in the suburbs of Chicago. At a press conference in Houston, Jones extended his condolences, calling the shooting"a tragedy."
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