Tag Archives: Memo: HPD chief Art Acevedo stands by indicted officer accused of excessive force

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is standing by his officer and the internal probe that cleared him of an allegation of excessive force during a 2017 arrest, according to an internal memo. Acevedo wrote in a department-wide email last Friday that he “personally reviewed and approved” the internal affairs probe into Officer Shane Privette whose handling of an arrest that …

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