We know about the 800-1500 short on any given day, what he was referencing was an ongoing shortage beyond that is stretching them so thin that only priority calls are being responded to in a timely manner, and even then depending on what part of the city it may still be a longer wait than Dominos. I guess I'll have to get him to link/point me to the article or blog that he was referencing - was just wondering if anyone else had heard the same.LeonCarr wrote:HPD is between 800 and 1500 officers short on any given day. They are hiring already certified peace officers from other agencies also.
If anybody wants to change agencies, or change careers, to start out on deep nights going from crazy call to crazy call to crazy call all night long with Tuesdays and Wednesdays off, now is your chance :).
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
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- Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:56 pm
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- Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:54 pm
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Has anyone else heard or aware of the current situation for Houston Police patrols? I'm not sure where exactly my buddy read it(looked for the article and couldn't find it), but he said he found an article just the other day about the shortage of patrols. I know there has been a shortage of officers and detectives for the last couple of years, but I guess I didn't realize it had gotten that bad.
After he mentioned it I've been watching my area (HPD has jurisdiction over large parts of the area I live in that isn't Webster) and I haven't seen an HPD patrol car in the last month. Thinking back it's probably been longer than that since I've seen any on patrol in my area.
After he mentioned it I've been watching my area (HPD has jurisdiction over large parts of the area I live in that isn't Webster) and I haven't seen an HPD patrol car in the last month. Thinking back it's probably been longer than that since I've seen any on patrol in my area.
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 2:15 pm
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Prison style shanking is what that is... and it's effective no doubt.philip964 wrote:http://www.click2houston.com/news/suspe ... sports-bar
Stabbing death of a man at a bar.
I recently read what seemed a fairly well researched blog about stabbings. I don't know if has been posted before. If not I can post a link.
It talks about statistics on stabbings and shows misconceptions regarding stabbings.
It talks about that 70% of the stabbings are not like most people are trained for: assailant leads with the knife.
Here the assailant came from behind and stabbed from behind. The blog shows that the knife fighter is not a fighter, but a killer. Hiding the knife and leading with an empty hand to grab and pull you closer and begin rapidly stabbing you repeatedly to kill you. Average 7 stabs in 5 seconds. Knife attacks are quick. If they last more than 10 seconds others can intervene.
So it's nothing like in the movies.