Houston police on Thursday announced the creation of a gang division and introduced its new captain, but officials would say little about the prevalence of the city's gang problem. Gang division ...

Residential burglars have met a stumbling block in west Houston. It's known as the Houston Police Deparment's Westside Gang Task Force. The unit's officers have locked up 32 persons fingered in ...

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo met with the media to discuss the issue of Houston gangs and recent comments by Governor Abbott concerning them Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in Houston.

Houston has not experienced as much Tren de Aragua activity as other major cities in Texas, according to Richard Chacon Jr., a gang unit investigator at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

Two Houston police officers nearly died in a firefight this week with a career criminal from the 52 Hoover Crips. Days later, two MS-13 gang members laughed outside a courtroom after facing a ...

The Houston Police Department has a gang unit operating with Harris County law enforcement. In the image, an HPD patrol. Texas Department of Public Safety says there are an estimated 100,000 gang ...

Houston Police Department officers arrested Jorge Antonio Cruz, ... HPD Northwest Crime Suppression Team and the HPD Gang Division’s Crime Reduction Unit arrested Medrano on Sept. 17.

Law enforcement officials in Houston have raised concerns about increased gang-related violence including two officers wounded by a suspect who was then fatally shot by police. The Houston ...

Seven Houston police officers are on administrative leave after a Wednesday morning car chase and shootout that left a man dead. ... Finner said three were assigned to the gangs unit, ...

Houston Police Department officers issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) ... CCPD's Gang Unit, Violent Crimes Unit, and a K9 were called to help with the search.