HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating alarming incidents in quiet, gated communities in the Upper Kirby area. Neighbors are on edge after a man is accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a ...

A Houston Police Department officer has been relieved of duty after being arrested for DWI, officials said. Sean Ratcliff was charged with DWI first offender with a blood alcohol content over 0.15 ...

A suspect already facing charges in connection with a carjacking that left a victim shot and killed at a southwest Houston gas station has now been charged with murder, the Houston Police Department ...

Pictured is a Houston Police Department patrol vehicle. A 29-year-old man suspected of two of the five recent sexual assault incidents in Houston’s West Gulf Bank area was arrested and charged ...

HOUSTON — The Houston Police Department says two of its officers were arrested and relieved of duty recently in two separate incidents. Houston police put out a tweet Thursday on the arrests. In ...

Is crime up at The Galleria after high-profile incidents? Here's what Houston police data shows. By Brendon Derr, John Wayne Ferguson, Staff writers Updated March 12, 2023 4:56 p.m.

Between 2022 and 2023, use-of-force incidents during traffic stops reported by the Houston Police Department jumped to 3,358 from 2,877, according to data provided to the Texas Commission on Law ...

The Houston Police Department is one of many agencies facing staffing issues. According to Finner, the department, which has about 5,200 officers, needs 2,000 more to be sufficiently staffed.

Black people in Houston are 22% of population yet account for 63% of police use of force deaths. The officers who cause physical harm while on duty are likelier to be white.

HOUSTON, Texas (KWTX) - The Houston Police Department says two officers have been arrested and charged for misdemeanors in separate incidents. Both officers have been relieved of duty pending an ...