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Paul Kennedy has a couple of posts up alerting me to the City of Houston's new policy of requiring citizens to wait needlessly for hours in municipal court while instructing officers to "ignore subpoenas for morning appearances" to save money. Reported the Houston Chronicle ("HPD's new municipal court policy wins few fans," July 28):In an effort to slash $4 million in Houston police overtime, officers have been ordered to ignore subpoenas for morning appearances in municipal court, a policy change that has infuriated citizens, riled defense attorneys and angered police union officials.Houston police have been ordered by Police Chief Charles McClelland to appear in court at 1 p.m., even if they have been subpoenaed to a trial at 8 a.m. or 10:30 a...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 06, 2010 (boomark / email).