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The Houston Police Department is headed by a chief of police appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. This position is aided by two executive assistant chiefs, ten assistant chiefs, 44 captains, approximately 220 lieutenants and 900 sergeants.
In 1982, Mayor Kathryn J. Whitmire was elected the first female mayor of the City of Houston and appointed Lee P. Brown as Chief of Police, who was the first person of color appointed to be Chief of Police and the first to hold a Doctorate. Brown succeeded Harry D. Caldwell.
HOUSTON - With the announcement of the retirement of Houston Police Chief Troy Finner by Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Larry Satterwhite, who was the Executive Assistant Chief of the Houston...
Hubert Arturo Acevedo (born July 31, 1964) is an American police officer who was previously the interim chief of police of the Aurora Police Department, the chief of police of the Austin Police Department, Houston Police Department, and Miami Police Department.
HOUSTON - Larry Satterwhite took the reins of the Houston Police Department Wednesday as acting police chief after a late night email Tuesday confirmed former police chief Troy Finner's retirement.
Mayor John Whitmire said he did not push out former Police Chief Troy Finner but accepted his retirement as the police department needed to move forward under new leadership.
W. Elizabeth Watson (police officer) Categories: Houston Police Department officers. American municipal police chiefs.
After serving as Public Safety Commissioner of Atlanta, Georgia, he was appointed in 1982 as the first African-American police chief in Houston, Texas, where he implemented techniques in community policing to reduce crime.
Charles A. McClelland Jr. was the police chief of the Houston Police Department (HPD) from 2010 through 2016. Joining the department in May 1977, McClelland worked his way up through the ranks, from rookie to assistant chief in 1998, before being asked to step in as acting chief.
In 2004, Hurtt was selected as police chief of the Houston Police Department until his resignation in 2009. In 2010, Hurtt was appointed to lead the OSLTC of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.