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Houston Police Union Asks Public to Bring Harvey Responders Socks, Underwear

The Houston Police Officers’ Union has put out a call on Facebook, requesting that the public help officers working the Hurricane Harvey response.

August 29, 2017

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Veteran Houston Officer Drowns in Patrol Car During Hurricane

Perez, days shy of his 61st birthday, was in his patrol car driving to work downtown Sunday morning when he got trapped in high water at I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road.

August 29, 2017

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Video: At Least 8 Dead in Harvey Flooding, TX Officials Say

Officials in Texas said Monday afternoon that at least eight people appear to have died as a result of the storm battering the state. Authorities expect the toll to rise as more rain and surging floodwaters pummel the Gulf Coast.

August 28, 2017

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At Least 8 Dead in Harvey Flooding, TX Officials Say

Officials in Texas said Monday afternoon that at least eight people appear to have died as a result of the storm battering the state. Authorities expect the toll to rise as more rain and surging floodwaters pummel the Gulf Coast. More Here.

August 28, 2017

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Video: Houston Police Focus on Saving Lives, Battling Looters Amid Rising Flood Waters

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told Good Morning America that officers completed more than 2,000 rescue missions this weekend after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the central Texas coast, leaving thousands of people stuck inside their flooded homes.

August 28, 2017

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Houston Police Focus on Saving Lives, Battling Looters Amid Rising Flood Waters

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said officers completed more than 2,000 rescue missions this weekend after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the central Texas coast, leaving thousands of people stuck insode their flooded homes. More Here.

August 28, 2017

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A Healthy Fear of Lightning

I was on duty when a monsoon hit, killing the power grid and filling the arroyos with flash floods. It was to be a night of adventures and scares

May 5, 2017

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New Orleans to Pay $13.3 Million to Settle Lawsuits Over Katrina Police Shootings

Seventeen plaintiffs involved in civil lawsuits over police shootings that happened just before and during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will split a $13.3 million settlement, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced at a press conference Monday afternoon.

December 20, 2016

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Post-Katrina Police Shooting Criminal Cases End with Plea

A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina, ending a criminal case that roiled the New Orleans Police Department after the 2005 storm.

November 4, 2016

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NC Trooper Shoots and Kills Man in Area Flooded by Hurricane

A North Carolina state trooper searching for people trapped by flood waters in hard-hit Lumberton shot and killed an angry man who confronted officers while holding a gun, authorities said Tuesday.

October 11, 2016

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Baton Rouge First Responders Lose Everything in Flood, Keep Working

Hundreds of Baton Rouge, LA, first responders worked long hours during the days and weeks after the floodwaters began to rise around capital region three weeks ago, even as their own homes sank under the deluge and their families sought shelter.

September 6, 2016

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Video: Texas Officer Presumed Dead After Swept Away by Flood Waters

An off-duty Southern Methodist University police officer missing since he was swept into the flooded Turtle Creek in Dallas, TX, early Tuesday is presumed dead.

July 5, 2016