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Sheriff, Investigators Support Crime Stoppers Annual Safe Child Initiative

Harris County Sheriff's Office—April 2nd, 2012

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Office and other Sheriff’s Office crime fighters are calling on local residents to help apprehend fugitives charged with abusing children. Read More »

Tough Words from Harris County Sheriff as ‘Safe Child’ Initiative Begins

KTRK-TV—April 2nd, 2012

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, along with Crime Stoppers, is launching their “Safe Child” initiative today. It’s a major effort to keep children safe from dangerous predators. Read More »

Child Abuse Prevention Starts Now

My Fox Houston—April 2nd, 2012

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and statistics suggest there’s a long way to go to get control of the problem. Nearly 67,000 Texas children were confirmed abuse victims in 2010, but an annual effort to bring those numbers down starts today. Read More »

Protecting Children From Predators

KUHF—April 2nd, 2012

It is another year and another major effort to keep children safe from dangerous predators. Houston Police and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department helped Crime Stoppers launch the 6th Annual “Safe Child Initiative.” Read More »

Texas Sheriff Wants Security Guards to Bolster Force

PoliceOne.com—March 31st, 2012

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia has trained the first of what he expects will be hundreds of private security guards who have signed up to help deputies apprehend wanted suspects, secure crime scenes and search for missing persons. Read More »

Texas Sheriff Moves 100 Deputies From Jail To Patrol

Officer.com—March 27th, 2012

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia says by balancing his department’s $392 million budget, he’ll be able to transfer 100 deputies from jail duties to crime-fighting jobs in the next year while hiring hundreds of new civilian jailers. Read More »

Money Saved Means More Deputies

KUHF—March 26th, 2012

“Out of the red” means the end of an apparent hiring freeze for the Harris Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Adrian Garcia says by balancing his department’s budget, he will be able to move 100 deputies out of the county jail & hire civilians to take their place. Read More »

Sheriff Adrian Garcia says Hiring Freeze Over, Plans to Fill More than 300 Positions

KTRK—March 26th, 2012

The hiring freeze is over for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the sheriff says he now plans to fill some 300 positions.

Harris Co. Sheriff Adrian Garcia says for the first time in six years, his administration has managed to bring overspending under control and is now in the position to put more boots on the ground. Read More »

Sheriff Gets Green Light to Hire More Deputies

MSNBC—March 26th, 2012

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is making changes aimed at keeping people safer without overspending.

Sheriff Adrian Garcia said that when he took office, he slashed items in the budget to bring annual spending down. He said he accomplished that, and he wants more deputies on the streets. Read More »

Sheriff’s Office Moving 100 Deputies from Jail to Patrol, Investigations

The Houston Chronicle—March 26th, 2012

Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia says by balancing his department’s $392 million budget, he will be able to transfer 100 deputies from jail duties to crime-fighting jobs while hiring hundreds of new civilian jailers. Read More »