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Chief Acevedo speaks on COVID-19, releasing inmates, and protecting officers


March 27, 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is wary about a sweeping order that could release jail inmates in an effort to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. In a wide-ranging interview outside HPD’s headquarters, Acevedo showed ABC13 the department’s COVID-19 protection kit and gave an update about the number of officers stricken with the virus. “We just …

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