While conversations around overtime spending, ICE involvement and officer controversies have dominated recent headlines surrounding the Houston Police Department, city leaders say one thing stands out as a positive: the department is now the largest in history.
“Morale in each department is at an all-time high,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said on his podcast, 901 Bagby: Inside the Mayor’s Office. “HPD now has 5,400 officers. That’s the most in Houston’s history.
Whitmire offered a clearer picture of the department’s staffing growth, saying the HPD has grown by hundreds over the last two years…