Houston Police Department Executive Assistant Chief Ban Tien watches Houston Mayor John Whitmire speaking during a press ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The METRO Police Department now has a new chief ... "The decision to entrust him with this role furthers Mayor John Whitmire's mission of better coordination between ...

Ban Tien is named METRO Police's new Chief, the first Asian American to hold the post, succeeding retired Vera Bumpers.

The uptick is the continuation of a years-long trend of officers responding to top-priority calls at the slowest rate since the 1990s, according to a Chronicle investigation. The department tries to ...

Houston Police Chief ... airlines are in trouble Houston Mayor John Whitmire spoke about the swift response from emergency crews, noting that Houston Fire Department Station 17, located just ...

Houston mayor John Whitmire said the incident was ... touring helicopter" rather than one that belonged to the Houston Police Department. The incident remains under investigation.

Four people are dead, including a child, after a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston Sunday night, according to authorities. "This is a tragic event tonight," Houston Police Chief J.

The crash ignited a large explosion near Engelke Street and North Ennis Street that could be heard at a fire station nearly half a mile from the site, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said during a ...

"This is a tragic event tonight," Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz said at a news ... according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. The crash occurred about 17 miles northwest near North Ennis ...

The incident happened at 7:54 p.m. in Houston’s Greater East End, close enough to a fire station that firefighters there heard the crash, Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D) said late Sunday during ...