Houston Public MediaMay 16, 2024

An independent review panel tasked with overseeing the Houston Police Department's internal probe into more than a quarter of a million suspended cases found major shortcomings in HPD's records management system.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2024/05/16/487505/independent-panel-reviewing-hpds-dropped-cases-finds-systemwide-failures/

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Mayor Whitmire’s HPD panel finds failures in records system led to suspended cases

The panel's preliminary report also details the creation of an internal code that was used to suspend nearly 270,000 unreviewed incident reports.

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Houston Public MediaApr 3, 2024

HPD Chief Finner said that findings from the department’s internal investigation of suspended cases should be ready by the end of April. However, the current investigation is just the beginning.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/law-enforcement/2024/04/03/482373/hpds-internal-probe-into-264000-dropped-cases-to-end-this-month-police-chief-says/

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Houston Police’s internal probe into 264,000 dropped cases to end this month, Chief Finner says

According to HPD Chief Troy Finner, there will be "spin-off investigations" after the current probe wraps up within the next few weeks.

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