HOUSTON – Houston Police Chief Troy Finner announced that the department has finished reviewing 4,017 adult sexual assault incident reports that were previously suspended due to a lack of personnel. They are currently conducting a review of the remaining 264,000 department wide incident reports that were also suspended.
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Finner announced in a statement Thursday providing an update on the review process.
We’re breaking down the Houston Police Department’s investigation by the numbers.
4,017 - Total of sex crime reports reviewed.
399 - Number of forensic interviews scheduled with survivors.
1,767 - Officer visits to last known address of victims.
91,824 reviewed of 264,000 - Department-wide incident reports reviewed.
1/3 - Reports that have been reviewed within eight weeks.
3,462 - cases that have been cleared, suspended or inactivated, mostly due to no additional leads.
“The remaining reports are being investigated. Any incident will be reopened should a complainant contact us and provide additional information or evidence,” Finner said.
95 - Number of incident reports with DNA profiles collected that resulted in profile matches (hits) with individuals in the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
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94 - Number of reports that Finner said investigators are actively following up on.
14 - Hits that match the profiles of suspects incarcerated for separate crimes.
“Our follow-up investigations are underway on those individuals. CODIS profile matches are evidence, but not necessarily proof an individual committed a crime,” Finner said.
Finner said the department continues to be focused on providing trauma-informed services to sexual assault survivors and prioritizing family violence and crimes against persons reports.
807 - The number of incident reports initially located with a family violence nexus has been reviewed
551 of 807 - Amount of cases found to fit criteria for being cleared, inactivated, or suspended. We are following up on the other
250 - Incidents being followed up on to determine how many require follow-up investigations Finner said.
92,000 of the 264,000 - Incident reports have been reviewed in the first eight weeks of the review
30,000 - Of the 92,000 reports, about 1/3 of them were properly suspended but should have used a code other than the lack of personnel.
“That means one of every three reports we are reviewing was correctly suspended, but with the wrong code,” Finner said.
34 - The number of charges filed against 27 suspects. While Finner said most are charged with misdemeanors, some are for violent crimes such as aggravated assault.
“We are learning from any past mistakes in our case management and review protocols and making corrections as this review process continues,” Finner said.
10,000 - Finner said the department is reviewing this amount of reports each week through personnel on-duty and working extra shifts.
“HPD will be a better police department when this review process and follow-up investigations are completed. We cannot rush the review process, but our community should know we are making steady progress,” Finner said.