Houston leaders respond after HPD Chief Finner announced immediate retirement

rashy thanks for a look at that well amidst a scandal over thousands of alleged crimes abandoned without investigation Houston's Top Cop Troy finner has opted for retirement now discussions of the chief's departure and the new leadership to come dominating the day at City Hall that's where we find our political reporter Fox 26's Greg rugan he's live to explain what all unfolded today Greg Caroline without expressly saying so Mayor John whtm clearly Rel that Fin's departure was appropriate maybe even necessary but also painful so yes I was sick when I saw the recent email but I don't have time to be sick I have to protect this city and Lead Mayor John whtm reacting to the Revelation that now retired houon police chief Troy finner was aware of serious criminal incidents being abandoned without investigation by the department a full 3 years earlier than he previously reported to the public unwilling to accept what he called the ongoing distraction over a quarter million shelv cases and loss of focus at HPD whitmyer made the tough call my judgment was we've got to get back to crime fighting we've got to get out of the press we've got to have the officers have good morale a difficult decision because finner is both respected and popular with many in the public and on Council I I want to challenge anyone sitting anywhere that can remember one email back in 2018 he has protected the city in times that I don't know if the city of Houston will ever see the challenges that we've seen from social justice issues to a city shutting down to domestic violence at levels that will probably never see historical highs um um he has always answered our call always the police officer Union contended Fin's reaction to the case abandonment Revelation was bungled and his departure Justified I think if it was handled in a different manner than the way he handled it I think we wouldn't be in his position right now I think we could have explained to the public what took place how it took place and we wouldn't have had this kind of blowback asked if the union would assist in selecting Fin's ultimate successor this was the mayor's response hpou will not play any primary role it'll be my decision mayor whitmyer says he will consider both external and internal candidates When selecting Fin's replacement as chief for now I'm live at City Hall Greg Grugan fox26 news

Channel: FOX 26 Houston

Views: 21,048

Keywords: News, fox_26, kriv, fox_26_houston, houston, houston-police-department

Id: rSZqByLEz0M

Length: 2min 52sec (172 seconds)

Published: Thu May 09 2024