DA Anderson: The DA's office take charges; police has to get approval from us. Then the person goes in front of a magistrate to determine probably cause to continue with the case. It then goes to court if there is.
Every felony in Texas has to go to a grand jury. They listen to facts of the case to determine if the case can continue. It sounds like I have to go and look at the training the grand jury gets. They get a day of training.
If you ever feel you are not getting treated right or if you're lost, you can contact the judge. The judge can explain. The prosecutor also is supposed to explain the law to you.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Question: citizen commented that the system is broken because of police brutality
Chief McClelland: I am against police brutality also. Every police applicant must undergo a psychological examination. I will go back and have a meeting to see what testing instrument we use. The men and women we hire today are smarter are tech savvy come from diverse schools. All of us have baggage that we bring, but at HPD if you take that baggage out, we will separate you. Every agency has those who won't do the right thing, but we need you to bring them to our attention.
City Wide Town Hall Meeting has started
We will be live blogging the Q&A portion of the meeting which should begin around 10:45am.
Live blog will begin shortly.....
If you cannot be here at the City Wide Town Hall Meeting in person, then you can follow the live blog of the Q&A session here, or you can watch the live stream on the HPD YouTube channel AT THIS LINK.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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