Interesting...I recall earlier this year that the Houston Police Department somehow was “flush” with an extra $60 million plus dollars in the budget that everyone from beat cops, to the upper eschelon desk jockeys were pleased to know they had on hand...
And everyone media, police, public and local government were looking to see new classes of recruits and more cops on the street and overtime that would be covered by this money...
I have a pretty good “gut” feeling that the money went to go buy these toys...
The calls will start Monday...
Just as long as it isn’t a black helicopter.
Why can’t they use some of that $60million to test the ranks of HPD for steroid use?
I keep hearing how bad they are and those officers don’t appear to be healthy but they sure are beefed up.
Wouldn’t want to encounter an officer undergoing ‘roid rage.
When Houston voters voted Mayor Bill White into office, he began to push a lot of extra laws on the citizens of Houston and brought Police Chief Harold Hurtt to implement his ideas into the community.
For instance:
Slashdot.com |
Houston Police Chief Wants Cameras in Homes - Houston Police Chief Wants Cameras in Homes - article related to Privacy
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/18/066218
Mayor White, Hurtt, and the City Council also approved the police using tazers as soon as Hurtt was brought into his position.
Also - They got a law called Safe Clear which was used to clear stalled cars - but ran into problems when two people were killed because of that law which failed to give the owners of the stalled cars a choice about how to clear their cars.
In Houston the situation is just going to get worse as long as Mayor White, Hurtt, and the same City Council is elected over and over.
Now it’s this drone situation which is another questionable tactic.