The City of Houston Auto Dealers Division has nothing better to do then single out honest, hard working wrecker drivers with useless tickets. This driver was given 30 tickets for towing cars they say he did not have a license to tow. In fact is is licensed by the state of Texas to tow cars and this is the pitiful attempt by the City of Houston to stop wreckers from earning a living in Houston.
This was found on a thread posted at officer.com
http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?93081-Waiting-on-the-call-from-HPD&p=1281101&viewfull=1#post1281101
I’m a sergeant w/ HPD and I’d like to give you all some advice.
Go somewhere else. Go to Austin, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Pasadena. Just don’t come to work at HPD.
Why?
PENSION- New hires get 55% after 25 years with no DROP and they can’t retire until age 55 . Us old guys get 55% after 20 with a DROP plan that will allow me to walk away w/ a LOT of money after a few years over my 20. We can also retire at 20 years regardless of age (Hire on at 21, retire at 41). Your pension sucks. Austin PD’S pension is 23 years 73.6 % of your pay. 25 years 80 % of your pay along with DROP.
TRAINING- They will tell you that HPD’s training is the best in the country. They are lying. Our training sucks. We recently put on our first Tac Pistol course in about ten years. It is one of the few tactical courses offered by the department. Compare that to Pasadena PD’S training schedule.
http://199.236.77.139/police/support…gjan-jun08.pdf
MANPOWER- The mayor says we have about 5000 officers. He’s lying. We don’t have near that and even if we did, we should have about 6600 officers based on national standards. The department is falling apart. Don’t jump on a shinking ship.
PAY- I’ll give you one guess at my opinion of our pay. You guessed it- It SUCKS. HPD isn’t even close to the above mentioned departments.
MORALE- It sucks, because HPD sucks. They have recently had to DRAFT people for previously prestigious assignments like Homicide.
THE HOUSTON AREA- It sucks. Its hot, its humid, its flat and its ugly. The only thing it has going for it is the housing market. Drive through the Hill Country or west of Ft Worth and then compare it to Houston.
In conclusion, HPD sucks. Run far, run fast away from HPD.
Saturday 10:45 am Radar unit running traffic Katy Freeway inbound at barker cypress. Watch OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not an HPD officer but an ASSISTANT CHIEF for the Richmond Police Department. If this is what the second in command feels is acceptable, how are all the minorities that are pulled over by his officers treated. Richmond PD SUCKS. View the complete article below.
http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090416_mp_myspace-racism.e0f170c8.html
