HPD has terminated a police officer who was at the center of multiple investigations stemming from alleged use of force while ...

Activists from multiple organizations united recently in front of Houston City Hall, demanding the removal of a recent ...

The Houston Police Department fired Devon Ortiz, a former detention officer who was the subject of multiple internal affairs investigations.

Deven Ortiz worked as a detention officer at the Harris County jail for 25 months before resigning in April 2024. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said he was the subject of "multiple ...

The use of force incident happened while Ortiz was a detention officer at the jail and just three months before he entered ...

HPD has been investigating whether Officer Devin Ortiz was truthful on his job application about videos that surfaced from ...

The newest call for reforms came in light of TV news reports showing a former Harris County jail guard, identified as Deven Ortiz, repeatedly throwing a female jail inmate to the ground.

The use of force incident happened while Deven Ortiz was a detention officer at the jail and just three months before he entered the police academy. “The Houston Police Department was recently ...