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John Whitmire: “We had to take 80 patrolmen off the streets to work on…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 15:05

Well, if you have about 80,101 home offenses, assaults, and you don't open a case or you suspend it, yeah, you can declare you're safer than you really are. So back to finance it bills, you We had to take 80 patrolmen off the streets to work on investigations. We did prosecute some of those cases, and we just about had our hands around it through efficiency and collaboration. Now, how we're going to solve this, folks, is collaboration with the county and the state of Texas. (15:05–15:14)

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