Houston's independent review committee proposes reforms for the police department after a quarter-million cases, including sexual assaults, were abandoned.
A significant step taken in the quest for accountability and corrective action as Mayor John Whitmire's independent review committee delivered a slate of preliminary recommendations aimed at addressing the Houston Police Department's case abandonment scandal.Three months after news broke of more than a quarter million criminal incidents Houston Police simply never investigated, Whitmire is still aghast.
FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku, Google Android TV, and Vizio!"We observed inconsistent methods of case management between the divisions with very little checks and balances," said Christine Nowak, a former prosecutor and member of the committee. Among the recommendations: -No "suspension" of criminal investigations without specific Command review and approval.
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