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The Houston Police Department (HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department, serving the fourth-largest city in the United States.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the 1,118 square miles (2,900 km 2) of unincorporated area of Harris County, serving as the equivalent of the county police for the approximately 1,071,485 people living in the unincorporated areas of the county. In Texas, sheriffs and their deputies are fully empowered ...
On May 16, 2020, the Commissioners Court for Harris County voted to appoint Hollins as Interim Clerk for Harris County, Texas by a 3–2, party-line vote after his predecessor, Diane Trautman, resigned from the position citing ill health. [11]
The Harris County Commissioners closed the poor farm in August 1958. [38] In 2014, no more burials were allowed to occur at the Oates Road facility due to overcapacity. [39] By 2013 the county was building a second potter's field due to overcapacity at the first. [38] Harris County Eastgate Cemetery had started operations in 2014. [39]
The county attorney’s office, with 10 employees, averages $134,000. The manager’s office, with 57 employees, averages $104,000. The office of information and technology, with 168 employees ...
On December 17, 2002, Harris County Commissioner's Court appointed Dr. Sanchez the Chief Medical Examiner for Harris County. In November 2007, Harris County approved a bond for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art building for the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office to be located at 1861 Old Spanish Trail in the Texas Medical Center.
Jared Ryker Woodfill V is a Texas lawyer and political figure who was chairman of the Harris County Republican Party from 2002 to 2014. He was elected chairman of the county party for six two-year terms.
Kimbra Kathryn Ogg (born 1959) is an American attorney and former prosecutor. From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2024, she was the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas.