Results tagged “internalaffairs”

Apparetly, the troubles at the HPD crime lab aren't quite over yet: An analyst in the lab was suspended last week, accused of improperly handling evidences, which means that police will have to review about 200 narcotics cases. The analyst, whom the Chronicle identifies as James K. Carpenter, reportedly "was not handling evidence in compliance with lab protocols," which led investigators with the police department's Internal Affairs Division to check out the lab last week.... more ›

Anyone remember Josiah Sutton, the guy who was exonerated in a rape case in 2004 thanks to foul-ups by the HPD crime lab? This weekend he was back in jail — briefly — for traffic violations, and he claims they were the result of more HPD mishandling. Police say Sutton was arrested just before 1 a.m. Sunday in the 8800 block of South Braeswood for driving with no license and no auto coverage policy. Though... more ›

Remember last month when we talked about Sgt. Jack Oliver, the Houston police officer who's undergoing a sex change? When the story broke in mid-June, reports made it sound as though Oliver had decided to go to the media himself. As KPRC reported at the time: more ›

An HPD officer who earned more than $100,000 in overtime pay last year decided to resign from the force after the police department began an investigation into his overtime, HPD and police union officials said yesterday. William Lindsey Jr., 50, made news earlier this year for his pay — $170,000 last year, the highest of any officer — and for the fact that he had racked up an impressive number of reprimands in his 27 years with the force. more ›