[TheGrimReaper]

Here's a fact for Mayor Parker - Grim's first-hand experience, not a second-hand anecdote:
Homeowner awakened at 3:15 am (July 2010), looks out window to see 3 or 4 men disassembling vehicle in driveway. Homeowner calls 911, then steps outside with his little 9mm friend and, as the thieves scatter toward their getaway car, puts a couple of rounds into the rear of that getaway car.

Right on schedule, HPD arrives at 6:45 am to fill out the paperwork.

With a 3.5 hour response time, why would a criminal worry about police in Houston, TX?

[a fool in paradise]

I knew 4 people who were carjacked in Houston in the year prior to Katrina with 2 recovered cars (one with a photo ID still in the vehicle) and zero prosecution. 1 passenger was even kidnapped in one of those events.