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Former Board Secretary and Treasurer Charged with Criminally Violating Their Organizational Fiduciary Duties July 17, 2008 HOUSTON - On November 8, 2007, the Houston Police Officers' Union informed Executive Assistant Chief Charles McClelland (senior executive of the Houston Police Department Internal Affairs Division) that we were conducting an internal review of a transaction involving the sale of union property by the HPOU treasurer and secretary. Read More...

Gone, But Never Forgotten June 30, 2008 Senior Police Officer Gryder was struck and killed by a driver on the Katy Freeway at Highway 6 while working a traffic assignment. Read More...

Union Suffers Great Loss to One of Its Own June 30, 2008 The Houston Police Officers’ Union suffered a great loss in the early hours of Sunday, June 29, 2008. Read More...

HPOU Endorses Bradford for District Attorney June 6, 2008 The Houston Police Officers Union unanimously endorsed former Houston Police Chief Clarence O. “Brad” Bradford for the office of Harris County District Attorney in its membership meeting Thursday (June 5). Read More...

Union Announces Revised Extra Employment Rate of Pay June 5, 2008 The Houston Police Officers' Union has announced recommended and revised extra employment rate of pay. Read More...

Houston Police Week Features 30 Awards, 90 Honorees America Remembers Fallen Police Officers in May May 2008 Obituaries May Thank You's May Editorials Shotgun Corner: Life Simpler and Time Slower in the Old Days May Legal Notes Remember, Home is a Kid’s Testing Ground Blue Hearts of the Bayou City Fallen Officers Remembered: Officer Jerry Stowe May 23 Fundraiser on Tap For Kevin Warren, Family Police Museum Planning a Move Downtown

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