HPOU-sponsored student in Honduras making good grades, appears to be budding...
Ashly Pavon, the 13-year-old girl for whom the HPOU sponsors education and health care services in poverty-stricken Honduras, is proving herself to be quite a soccer star. The HPOU Board of Directors...
View ArticleFortson’s investigation takes serial predator off the streets
The Houston Police Officers Union selected Officer Monica Fortson as Investigator of the Month in its August general membership meeting. During the month of March Officer Fortson was assigned to...
View ArticleDiligent work by Officer Gomez results in removal of 10-year-old boy from...
The HPOU honored Senior Police Officer Frank Gomez of the Traffic Enforcement Division’s Highway Interdiction Unit as the Patrol Officer of the Month in the Union’s August general membership meeting....
View ArticleHPOU and Operation Lone Star will recognize HPD’s Vietnam veterans at...
The HPOU and Operation Lone Star will do its part in the U. S. Department of Defense’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Honoring Vietnam veterans will continue to be a primary...
View ArticlePsych Services hosting family engagement Session on Sept. 20 at the Union...
Two psychologists from HPD Psychological Services will lead a department-wide family engagement session for HPD family members on Sept. 20 with an emphasis on ways to cope with current community...
View ArticleUnion/Houston Police Foundation partnership resulting In the prompt purchase...
The Union has undertaken another productive partnership with the Houston Police Foundation to purchase Level 4 bullet-proof vests for HPD officers. The effort is producing an exciting success story....
View ArticleHPOU’s 5th annual family picnic promises to be ‘bigger and better’ than last...
There’s only three words that will describe this year’s HPOU 5th Annual Family Picnic – BIGGER AND BETTER! This extremely popular event that began in 2012 ranks in many ways like the Houston Livestock...
View ArticleHPOU launches statewide Let’s Pray Texas effort, Which will feature statewide...
Continuing its ongoing leadership in statewide policing matters, the Houston Police Officers Union has launched a statewide pray-for-law enforcement officers effort entitled Let’s Pray Texas. The...
View ArticleHPOU Status Regarding the Houston Chronicle: Important Notice to the HPOU...
The Houston Police Officers Union is all for partnering with the Houston area news media to educate the public about the realities of police work, to offer crime prevention tips and to explain use of...
View ArticleThe HPOU/police foundation Level 4 vest purchasing And Let’s Pray Texas...
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE GOOD GUYS ARE WINNING. Two ongoing crusades launched by the Houston Police Officers Union offer encouragement to us officers who are performing dangerous tasks no one wants...
View ArticleLet’s Pray Texas Event October 19
The Houston Police Officers’ Union is asking all Texas police Unions and Associations, Law Enforcement Agencies, along with community, and state and local leaders, to join together in a day of...
View ArticleHPOU PAC 2016 General Election Endorsements
Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 5, Paul Green (R) Justice, Place 9, Eva Guzman (R) COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Place 2, Mary Lou Keel (R) STATE SENATE District 4, Brandon Creighton (R) District 6,...
View ArticlePsych Services: Accountability in us-versus-them and whistleblowing scenarios
A friend vented to me recently about catching two of her favorite art students smoking marijuana close to her high school classroom. She was angry at their use of weed, and perhaps angrier that they...
View ArticleVietnam era soldiers who later served in HPD To be recognized at Union’s Nov....
All Vietnam War veterans who went on to become Houston police officers will be specially recognized at the Union’s Nov. 3 general membership meeting. The HPOU and Operation Lone Star laid out this...
View ArticleThe message is simple: donating to the Houston Police Foundation through the...
I have the honor of serving you as an assistant chief overseeing the Professional Development Command. My duties and responsibilities are numerous and varied. Of my many duties, the two that pay the...
View ArticleThe Truth About Bias in Policing
Is there bias in policing? Do you know what bias really means? Does the unconscious brain affect your bias and your actions as a police officer? Do you know how to articulate reasonable suspicion...
View ArticleBudding family support group publishes Officer Down Planning Guide to aid law...
Until you become familiar with their purpose you might chuckle when you learn that the Houston Law Enforcement Officers Family Support Unit has developed a membership list almost as long as its name....
View ArticleNew Jersey police department dedicates its annual junior police academy to...
The Voorhees Police Department in New Jersey but only 15 minutes out of Philadelphia dedicated its 3rd Annual Junior Police Academy to our fallen hero, Houston Police Officer Richard K. Martin. The...
View ArticleMomentum for HPOU’s statewide Let’s Pray Texas Effort is gaining support as...
Churches all over Texas have joined a growing number of law enforcement agencies to hold special Oct. 19 ceremonies to pray for law enforcement officers everywhere. Event leader Doug Griffith, HPOU’s...
View ArticleFast, accurate, ultra-sonic gun-cleaning operators Are offering HPD officers...
Gun-cleaning service shops have become a new industry. Back in the not-so-olden days a gun seller, gunsmith or a gun fancier/friend could do the job for you, whether it be a handgun or a long gun....
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