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HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a Houston Police Department Crime Prevention Initiative Monday that aims to address rising crime in the area by increasing police patrols in what Turner called six area “hot spots.”
Turner said the city is using $4.1 million of CARES Act funding for city policing in six areas that he said are driving violent crime numbers. In a series of tweets Monday, Turner named these areas: Westside, South Gessner, North Belt, Southeast, South Central, and Midwest.
“Beginning today, through the end of the year, there will be an additional 110 officers deployed each day to saturate those areas with the objective of reducing crime,” the mayor tweeted.
In a news conference, HPD Chief Art Acevedo said the focus will be on those areas but it will not take HPD’s eye off the entirety of Houston and violent crime throughout the city.
“Violent criminals are mobile,” he said. “They may be operating in southeast today, and while we’re trying to impact them they might be going to another part of town to victimize Houstonians. This initiative will really help the entire city not just those six hot spots.”
Today I am announcing that to combat crime and decrease the numbers, I have approved a #COVID19 Related Crime Reduction Program. We will put $4.1 million of #CARESAct funding into an overtime initiative for the @houstonpolice Department.
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) October 19, 2020
Beginning today, through the end of the year, there will be an additional 110 officers deployed each day to saturate those areas with the objective of reducing crime.
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) October 19, 2020
There are 6 hot spots that are driving our violent crime numbers. Those spots are the Westside, South Gessner, North Belt, Southeast, South Central, and Midwest.
— Sylvester Turner (@SylvesterTurner) October 19, 2020
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Posted by KPRC2 / Click2Houston on Monday, October 19, 2020
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