Elected Officials Discuss Concerns Growing Regarding Release of Felons

 

The Baytown Sun

An assortment of area police chiefs and constables, led by Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, spoke out publicly in a press conference Tuesday about their concern over release of violent criminals from the Harris County Jail.

The problem, she said, did not begin with the COVID-19 crisis, but is making it worse by putting people on the street with a history of burglary, DWI, threats and violation of protective orders.

Also on Tuesday, State Senator Paul Bettencourt and several other Republican state legislators, including District 128 Rep. Briscoe Cain, from Harris County asked Federal Judge Lee Rosenthal to reject an effort by the plaintiffs in the case of Russell vs. Harris County to release offenders accused of felony crimes.

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