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HOUSTON (AP) — A severe per
sonnel shortage is forcing police of
ficers who once patrolled in pairs to
monitor the city by themselves.
Since November 1986, the depart
ment has gradually been shifting
from predominantly patrolling in
" airs to one-man units, Mark Clark,
ead of the Houston Police Officers
fesociation said. And, he said, al-
liough there are more than 4,200
ifftcers within the Houston Police
Department, there are far fewer of-
icers actually patrolling neighbor-
loods.
The department has not hired a
single officer in almost three years,
and it has been longer than that
since officers had a pay raise.
Police Chief Lee P. Brown said if
he were suddenly given an adequate
budget by City Hall, increasing man
power would not be the first prior-
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“Economics is the No. 1 morale
factor,” Brown said. “I would give
the officers a decent salary. Second,
I would hire more officers, and third
I would give them decent equip
ment.”
Brown said he supports using
one-man patrols because the in
crease in cars increases police visi
bility.
‘We don’t need more two-man
units,” he said. “We need more
cars.”
Brown said the biggest problem
caused by the manpower shortage
has been the disbanding of success-
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for going easy on killer
AUSTIN (AP) — T he State Com-
Jiission on Judicial Conduct noted
Monday it has instituted formal pro-
xedings against Judge Morris Jack-
ion Hampton of Dallas, who
sparked a public outcry when he said
)e gave a lighter sentence to a killer
n part because the two victims were
‘queers.”
Formal proceedings, according to
the commission, involve a hearing
lefore a master appointed by the
Texas Supreme Court.
The master would report to the
11-member commission.
In December, Jackson said he sen
tenced 18-year-old Richard
Bednarski to 30 years in prison in
stead of a maximum life sentence be
cause the two men he killed were ho
mosexuals.
Bednarski was convicted of the
execution-style slayings of Tommy
T rimble, 34, and John Griffin, 27,
who were found shot to death in a
Dallas park.
“I don’t care much for queers
cruising the streets picking up teen
age boys,” Hampton told the Dallas
Times Herald. T’ve got a teen-age
boy.”
His remarks triggered protests
from homosexual and civil liberties
groups, who staged a series of dem
onstrations and news conferences in
December to call for his removal
from the bench.
The commission said in a brief
statement Monday that it had had a
“large number of complaints in this
matter.”
It said the Texas Constitution
provides that the commission may is
sue a public statement during any of
its proceedings.
ful police programs to take up the
slack in the patrol divisions.
“My policy as we’ve cut back is to
keep the same number of cars on the
street,” he said. “But to do that,
we’ve had to abolish certain squads,
like the school task forces and the
cantina squad.”
The school task force was formed
to round up truants, since it was dis
covered that the majority of day
time household burglaries were
committed by youths skipping
school. The cantina squad special
ized in violence-prone bars in His
panic neighborhoods.
The lack of a pay raise and over
work is causing low morale within
the department. Things are so bad
that the San Antonio Police Depart
ment received 150 applications from
HPD officers when it recruited in
Houston recently. ’
Since 1986, at the peak of HPD’s
manpower, more than 400 officers
have left the force for various rea
sons. Another 180 are expected to
retire, be fired for disciplinary rea
sons or move on to other jobs this
year, according to HPD’s official
projections.
In San Antonio, a, veteran patrol
officer can draw a base salary of
about $33,000 a year. Houston pays
the same officer about $6,000 less.
San Antonio has a population of
nearly 1 million and employs about
1,600 officers. The city is trying to
hire another 400 police officers.
Houston has spider-like bounda
ries surrounding its 556 square
miles, which is more than twice the
area of San Antonio. Within those
boundaries — 4,270 officers — with
only about half that many actually
working patrol — police a city of 1.7
million people.
R.E. McFarland, a 19-year Hous
ton police veteran, said it can be mis
leading to use the population as an
indicator since people come into the
city from suburbs each day.
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NOTICE
Country & Western Dance at the Hall Of Fame
has been relocated due to the fire.
Classes will now meet at The Lakeview Club on Tabor Road
Beginning C&W will meet at 6:30pm
Advanced C&W will meet at 8:00pm
For Country & Western Dance in the COUNTRY !
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Begin Summer with a
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WHO: Festive Texas A&M Students
WHEN: Monday, May 15 through Sunday, May 21,
1989
WHERE: Scenic MEXICO CITY
WHAT: Pyramids, Museums. Mercados, Bullfights,
and mucho, mucho more!
For more exciting details,
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the MSC Browsing Library, second floor. Deposits will be taken from
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Double Featuqe
Two movies for the price of one!
JEAN de
FLORETTE
An exquisite adaptation of Marcel
Pagnol's beloved films and novel
about shattered dreams among
Provencal peasant farmers in the
1920's.
MANON OF
THE SPRING
Dr. Olivier Naudeau, Professor in the
Department of Modern Languages, will
be introducing Jean de Florette and
Manon of the Spring.
The magnificent sequel to Jean de Florette. Evil is punished and good
rewarded when the beautiful daughter of Jean de Florette wreaks
vengeance upon the cruel peasants responsible for her father's death.
7:00 pm Tuesday, February 28
Rudder Theatre - Tickets: $2.50
Cosponsored by the MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness