Houston mayor says police chief is out amid probe into thousands of dropped cases
By KEN MILLER and JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston has replaced the city’s police chief. Mayor John Whitmire said Wednesday he accepted the retirement of Police Chief Troy Finner and appointed an assistant as acting chief. Finner’s retirement comes amid police and independent investigations into why more than 4,000 sexual assault cases were dropped. Whitmire thanked Finner, saying investigations into the dropped cases had become a distraction for the department. The dropped sexual assault cases are among more than 264,000 incident reports officers never submitted for investigation during the past eight years, using a code that cited a lack of available staff. Acting Chief Larry Satterwhite says he’s going to do his best to make the situation better.