An average of less than nine crimes per month is being reported in Fort Bend County’s newest municipality, and those are primarily minor, according to information released at Tuesday’s Weston Lakes City Council meeting.
Weston Lakes Marshal Ron Horowitz reported that a total of 62 calls for police service had been received from Jan. 1 through July 31 of this year.
POLICE REPORT – At Wednesday’s city council meeting, Weston Lakes Marshal Ron Horowitz reported that 62 calls for police service had been received between Jan. 1 and July 31.
He said that for a city of 2,500 people, so few police reports illustrates the level of safety in the community.
“You’re always going to have some problems but, given the number of calls, I think we’re doing pretty good,” Horowitz told the council.
He also said the calls were “mostly minor in nature.”
Horowitz told the council he also hopes to be able to recruit several unpaid reserve officers at some future date. Those officers would be on-call to assist the city in case of an emergency or disaster situation.
A retired Houston police officer, Horowitz was elected to be city marshal last Nov. 4 when the first slate of city officials was elected following the city’s incorporation. He retired after 37 years with the Houston Police Department, 11 of which were as a crime scene investigator and 16 as a homicide detective.
Horowitz recently completed the 80-hour Bill Bledsoe Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University. All law enforcement administrators are required to complete the course in order to become certified chief law enforcement officers.
“They give you a lot of information on how to run a police department,” Horowitz said.
He will have to take a refresher course every four years to maintain the certification.
