Mayor White rides in police car, says crime will go down

On Friday night, Mayor White did another of his HPD Ride Alongs:

With Houston crime under the microscope, Mayor Bill White went along with police to see for himself how new tactics are working.

On Friday night, Mayor White patrolled with officers through the northwest side's hot spots. Officers are working overtime on the northwest side to add police manpower to the streets. The mayor hopes that will be enough to curtail crime until the 70 cadets who started this week in the academy can graduate and until 358 recruited officers get assigned to the area.

"We'll get experienced police officers in the street and when you put those officers in the street at the right places at the right time, you see crime go down," said Mayor White.

The mayor says the city is now working with only 200 officers fewer than before he became mayor. He says crime rates are lower than before he took office.

Did he do it by himself, or did Chief Hurtt postpone his trip home to Phoenix so he could join the mayor?

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Posted by Anne Linehan @ 10/22/06 08:26 AM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (6)

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