Corsicana's police chief dislikes police unions, loves Chief Hurtt

Chief Hurtt is really scrambling for support.

There's a letter in today's Chronicle from G.M. Cox, the president of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and the chief of police in Corsicana (just south of Dallas). Mr. Cox wants Houstonians to know that they have nothing to worry about, and that the criticism of Chief Hurtt is all just a mean union ploy. Here's an excerpt:

Chief Harold Hurtt
A popular strategy widely used by police labor unions is to attempt to discredit competent leadership through the use of employee surveys designed to be votes of no confidence for the chief and command staffs.

An experienced police union organizer in Texas has said that the issue "is power, not wages, benefits. If you have power, you can get the other."

Hopefully, Houstonians won't be intimidated or deterred by the unfounded criticisms being leveled at Chief Hurtt by the police labor unions.

Hmm, well, thanks Chief Cox for that helpful info. I'm sure the fine people of Corsicana appreciate your keeping such a close eye on Houston public affairs, and we sure appreciate people who don't live in Houston nonetheless telling us what we should think here.

Unbelievable.

Maybe for his next fan letter, Chief Hurtt can get one of his buddies in Phoenix to write in and say that the way he did things in Phoenix will be really good for Houston!

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/11/06 10:10 PM | Houston People | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (8)

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