Three years and a month ago, the city ushered in new leadership at the police department. Fast forward to Tuesday night, and HPD is undergoing change once again.
Troy Finner, the city of Houston's chief of police for the last three years, is out amid questions about whether he was aware of a code that suspended more than 260,000 cases years sooner than the timeline he gave to the public.
Finner's stint crossed over into John Whitmire's mayoral administration that began this year. By month two of the former state senator's time in office, theIn the weeks following the mid-February revelation, Finner announced the true scope of the suspended cases - more than 264,000 investigations suspended since 2016 due to a lack of personnel.
The email mentions a specific road rage case marked "Suspended-Lack of Personnel." It details that the case was labeled that way, even though a witness identified a suspect.The email does not flag issues with the suspended code or address how often it is used.
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