Many questions are being asked about the leadership at HPD following the explosive revelation that 264,000 cases were suspended since 2016 because of a lack of personnel.
Some of those questions are about the future of Chief Troy Finner, who admitted knowing about this in 2021, telling staffers to stop it, but allowing it to continues. Should he be on the hot seat,?
"The city ultimately has the responsibility of protecting its citizens. Does that mean we need change? Ultimately that's up to the Mayor," Houston Police Officers Union President Doug Griffith said.
Griffith did tell KTRH that the latest news does not help morale.
"The morale is horrible, and this just adds more fuel to the fire. We have people leaving younger and faster than we have had in years past. This was always a career path. It's not like that today," He explained.
There are some making accusations that all of this was done to skew the city's crime numbers. There are others, though more concerned about those that have been left twisting in the wind; the 264,000 victims that didn't get justice.
"What are we going to do to restore faith and confidence, particularly in victims," asked Andy Kahan of Houston Crime Stoppers.
Kahan also pointed out that the statute of limitations has run out for many of these cases.
"Property crimes have a statute of limitations of three years. You don't need me to do the math. Time's up," he said.
Chief Finner will hold a news conference later this week to give more details on what the department's investigation has uncovered.