There is no current statewide fitness test requirement for police officers, yet fit officers miss less work due to illness and injury. Additionally, fit officers are more confident in their interactions with the public.
Too many Houston crimes go unsolved. Here’s how to change that.
The latest HPD scandal underscores a national problem. Commit a crime, get caught and go to jail — directly to jail. It’s the justice lesson we learned growing up, but it’s far from reality in cities across the nation, where clearance rates are abominably low. News out of Houston is compounding the issue of unsolved crimes after the Houston...