Houston Chronicle: Secret Police Beatings and Public Records

2013-12-04T16:30:10-06:00

Editorial Houston Chronicle Originally published December 3 On a list of Texas higher education stereotypes, the entry for Rice University begins: "I live in the fourth biggest city in the country, yet I can go weeks without leaving campus." That inside-the-hedges mentality is fine for studious undergrads, but not the campus police department. With the Rice University Police Department (RUPD) refusing to open the books on a recent police beating, those green hedges are starting to look like an iron curtain ("Lack of police transparency in Rice arrest vexes lawmaker," Page A1, Tuesday). Last week, KPRC-TV news ran a story about three RUPD officers beating [...]