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DEC 2021 Blues Vol 37 No. 12

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DEC 2021 Blues Vol 37 No. 12 SPECIAL INSERT: HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE FEATURES * The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t * Remembering Those We’ve Lost - Sgt Richard Houston * Remembering Those We’ve Lost to COVID * Remembering Those We’ve Lost to LOD Deaths * Troy Finner - Police Chief of the Year 2021 * Who Wants To Be A Cop Part 8 - Conclusion DEPARTMENTS * Publisher’s Thoughts * Editor’s Thoughts * Guest Editorial w/Dave Smith * Your Thoughts * News Around the US * War Stories * Aftermath * Open Road-The Final Cop Sedan? * Healing Our Heroes * Daryl’s Deliberations * HPOU-From the President, Douglas Griffith * Light Bulb Award * Running 4 Heroes * Blue Mental Health with Tina Jaeckle * Off Duty with Rusty Barron * Parting Shots * Now Hiring - L.E.O. Positions Open in Texas * Back Page -School of Glock

TROY FINNER HOUSTON

TROY FINNER HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT vedo. And when that ship sailed to Miami, he made what turned out to be an outstanding choice for Houston’s new chief - Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner. As Executive Assistant Chief, Finner already had ALOT on his plate. He oversaw one of the largest divisions in the city and literally had thousands of officers and civilians reporting to him daily. But Acevedo didn’t leave him with this pie-in-thesky department either. Finner still had to deal with cleaning up the mess in narcotics with hundreds of cases on the line after detectives lied their way into countless cases and ended up killing a couple in a no-knock raid. No to mention the city’s homicide rate was on target to surpass the past several years and a few months after he was sworn in as chief, he was on the scene of an off-duty New Orleans officer killed in the Galleria. Weeks the WINNER. later his own officer, William Jeffries was killed in a shootout with a felony suspect. But what the public didn’t know and those that have known Finner the past 31 years could plainly see, was that each and every one of these senseless killings was affecting him personally. You could see it in his face and hear it in his voice. Doesn’t matter if it’s an innocent 15-year-old boy shot in his family’s backseat or his own officer killed in the doorway of a south-side apartment, Finner takes it personally. He hurts and bleeds for his city. You don’t need to spend but a few minutes with the man to know he is something special. That he comes from a place you can’t find in a pre-packaged, hyped up, ready-to-go, super-hero police chief from another-city kind of guy. He’s a superhero alright, but in a completely different kind of way. He’s a superhero from the heart. He cares about his department. The men and women are his brothers and sisters he’ll die protecting. And most importantly, he cares about the people in his city. If they are hurt, he’s hurt. When they lose a son or daughter, he suffers the same loss. They are all his extended family. Quite frankly I don’t think you could find a harder working police chief if you tried. The pace Finner keeps is hard to keep up with. And I’m referring to the ‘dayshift’ side of the business. God knows when this man sleeps. Although he has assistant chiefs on duty every night, if one of his people get hurt, he is there. If another innocent Houstonian is killed, he is there comforting the family. So yeah, selecting Police Chief of the Year for 2021 was easy. Hands down it was Houston Police Chief, Troy Finner. Now let’s look back at his 31 Years at HPD and see how it all began and what let to this moment in time. 54 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 55 54 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 55

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