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The city of Houston needs about 2 thousand more police officers to keep up with rising crime, but despite the new billion-dollar city budget, they still won't get the staffing boost that they need. The budget only provides for about 100 new officers.
Law enforcement expert says that it's better than nothing, but it's still not enough. He said, "In a city the size of Houston, it's a negligible amount of manpower. There are 15 stations throughout the city, it's a massive area to cover, so we are several thousand officers short."
Fremin says even if HPD can't get more money from the city of Houston, we could still get it from the Federal government, or even the state. He said, "I mean we did it during the Clinton administration where they provided hundreds of millions of dollars towards law enforcement to boost up the police personnel and give police departments more money for recruiting."
The question is, will the defund the police democrats who control the white house and Senate ever allow for that money to make it to local law enforcement agencies like HPD?