Washington Post covers Houston's crime problem
Here's the Washington Post's view of Houston and our rising crime problem, something WaPo calls "Katrina crime." Here's one brief excerpt:
Most of the homicides that occurred in the last quarter of 2005 occurred in the city's apartment complexes. But there are not just homicides. Police said they have seen a significant increase in calls for service across the board. The first indication of such change became evident several months ago in the number of "calls holding," or calls for police service that one shift had to take on when a previous shift of officers went off duty.
"We used to have five calls holding, then it was 30, 40, 50, 60 calls holding or left over," said Officer John M. Trevino of the 19th District, which covers one of the new crime hot spots in southwest Houston. "It's crazy. The board was full of calls."
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/05/06 08:26 PM | Print |
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