Harris County Sheriff’s Office TeleDeputy Unit will improve response times to high priority calls In a unanimous vote on June 27, Harris County commissioners approved $1.7 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to enhance the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) TeleDeputy Unit. The TeleDeputy program will have officers who are working overtime handle low-priority, non-urgent 911 calls remotely, rather than sending out the officer to write a report. Currently, these low-priority calls make […]
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Harris County Sheriff’s Office Requests The Public’s Assistance Locating Convicted Criminal
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is investigating the erroneous release of Marcelo Perez Campos, 61, from the Harris County Jail. HCSO is asking for the public’s help locating Campos. Campos was sentenced on February 20, 2023, to 25 years for aggravated assault of a family member and was due to be sent to state prison. Due to an apparent clerical error, Campos was inadvertently released on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Campos is described as […]
Houston Police Investigating Apparent Suicide on Katy Freeway
By George Slaughter Houston police are investigating the death of a man after a car chase where a Harris County sheriff’s deputy fired his weapon at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the Katy Freeway east of Mason Road. The man’s identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The episode began when Harris County sheriff’s deputies tried to stop a driver for a traffic violation in Harris County. The situation became […]
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Lead Efforts to Rename Post Offices to Honor Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan And Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bills to rename a U.S. Postal Office located in Castroville, Texas as the “Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office,” and a U.S. Postal Office in Houston, Texas the “Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office Building” both passed the U.S. Senate: Upon passage, Sen. Cruz said: “I am pleased to see Congress come together and recognize the service and sacrifice […]