HPD, feds round up criminals (but not illegal aliens)
KHOU-11 reports on recent cooperation between HPD and the feds:
Houston’s top cop said the city’s streets are safer because of a new initiative between HPD officers and federal agents.
HPD Chief Harold Hurtt credits the six-month initiative with making streets safer but admits the job is not over.
Last week, Houston police officers arrested several gang members and confiscated dozens of weapons.
It was easy to see it was not an ordinary bust when police and federal agents moved in on the wanted suspects who at the time were carrying boxes filled with guns.
One of the gang members happened to be a suspect in a murder.
“It was very important that we be were very aggressive,” said Chief Harold Hurtt. “So we took a zero-tolerance approach in enforcement,” he said. “That is that if any crime was committed, the suspects or individuals we were looking for – they were immediately arrested.”
Excellent!
But wait a second....
Supporters of HPD's sanctuary policy frequently tell us that immigration is a federal matter, and HPD has no business enforcing federal immigration law. Yet in the non-immigration instance above, HPD is happily cooperating with the feds. Not just cooperating, but engaging with federal agents in a "zero-tolerance approach in enforcement" according to Chief Hurtt!
Some cooperation with the feds is apparently okay.
As for the sanctuary policy, recent reporting seems finally to have motivated MayorWhiteChiefHurtt at least to reconsider the matter, according to KTRK-13's Miya Shay:
For more than a decade, HPD's policy has been to not ask anyone about their immigration status. But now Mayor Bill White is asking the police chief to consider possible changes.
The mayor has been under considerable pressure to change the police policy. He has now asked Chief Harold Hurtt to look into the policy. Hurtt has not been asked to change it, but to evaluate the policy at this time.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/19/05 11:06 PM | Print |
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