With an independent panel looking into the thousands of uninvestigated HPD cases, it turns out city council members sounded the alarm about this nearly a decade ago with 20,000 cases.
As an investigation continues into the suspension of 260,000 HPD cases, new details revealed city council members sounded the alarm on this 10 years ago.As the Houston Police Department deals with the scandal of 260,000 cases that were not investigated, ABC13 found the problem is a decade old.
Dr. Larry Hoover, a criminal justice expert, told council members at the time, "That is a situation which cries for attention.""Good God, almighty. I hope the criminals don't know about this!" Kubosh said.
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