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class="nav-item"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/subjects/" class="nav-link">Subjects</a> </li> </ul> </nav> <div class="content"> <div class="container"> <main class="main">    <div class="pflatest"> <div class="ledestory topnews"> <figure class="ledeart"> </figure> <h1 class="ledestory__title"><a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2015/mar/08/not-so-fast-cops-fired-private-security-hired-crim/">Not so fast: Cops fired, private security hired, crime plummets in Sharpstown?</a></h1> <div class="ledestory__copy"><p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245/http://rare.us/story/texas-town-sees-crime-drop-by-almost-two-thirds-after-firing-police-hiring-private-security/" style="text-decoration:none;"><u>A website retracted its story</u></a> stating a Texas community replaced police officers with private security--and crime plunged 61 percent.</p> <p> </p> <p>The yank happened at rare.us last week after <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245/http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/no-sharpstown-texas-did-not-fire-its-police-force-and-bring-about-huge-drop-crime" style="text-decoration:none;"><u>Texas Monthly blew a whistle</u></a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>And now we’ve got the rest of the story about what’s up in part of the Sharpstown section of Houston.</p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <section class="scoretable"> <h2 class="editionhead section__title"> The Latest from PolitiFact Texas </h2> <div class="section__body"> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/mar/09/rick-perry/rick-perry-errs-tying-patriotism-quote-thomas-pain/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-false.gif" alt="False"/></a> <p class="quote">Ever hear of Edward Abbey?</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Frickperryoctober2013pft.jpg" alt="Rick Perry"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Rick Perry</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2015/mar/09/rick-perry/rick-perry-errs-tying-patriotism-quote-thomas-pain/">"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’" </a> </p> <p class="statement__edition">— PolitiFact Virginia</p> <a class="vice-versa virginiatab" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/virginia"> <span></span> </a> <a class="vice-versa virginiatab" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/virginia"> <span></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/05/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-least-three-sectors-border-are-complet/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-mostlyfalse.gif" alt="Mostly False"/></a> <p class="quote">One? Sure. Three? Not backed up</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2FRubio_1.jpg" alt="Marco Rubio"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Marco Rubio</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/05/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-least-three-sectors-border-are-complet/">"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure." </a> </p> <p class="statement__edition">— PolitiFact National</p> <a class="vice-versa truth-o-metertab" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter"> <span></span> </a> <a class="vice-versa truth-o-metertab" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter"> <span></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/04/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-errs-saying-texas-will-end-fiscal-year/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-pantsonfire.gif" alt="Pants on Fire!"/></a> <p class="quote">Aide: He meant to talk jobs</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2FColorPatrick80-01-08pft.jpg" alt="Dan Patrick"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Dan Patrick</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/04/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-errs-saying-texas-will-end-fiscal-year/">Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter abbott-o-meter in-the-works"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1263/offer-additional-aid-school-districts-high-quality/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Offer additional aid to school districts with high-quality prekindergarten programs</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1263/offer-additional-aid-school-districts-high-quality/">Companion proposals filed to reward quality pre-k programs</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/04/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-presidential-field-hes-sole-indivi/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-halftrue.gif" alt="Half-True"/></a> <p class="quote">UPDATED: But for a few longshots</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Frickperryoctober2013pft.jpg" alt="Rick Perry"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Rick Perry</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/04/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-presidential-field-hes-sole-indivi/">"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/03/greg-abbott/already-year-greg-abbott-says-over-20000-immigrant/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-true.gif" alt="True"/></a> <p class="quote">Down from 2014? Unconfirmed</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fabbott05102010.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Greg Abbott</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/03/greg-abbott/already-year-greg-abbott-says-over-20000-immigrant/">"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter abbott-o-meter in-the-works"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1244/legalize-openly-carrying-handguns-public/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Legalize openly carrying handguns in public</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1244/legalize-openly-carrying-handguns-public/">Legislation permitting Texans to openly carry handguns headed to Senate</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter abbott-o-meter in-the-works"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1245/allow-guns-college-campuses/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Allow guns on college campuses</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1245/allow-guns-college-campuses/">Proposal allowing handguns on campuses advances</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/01/texas-democratic-party/texas-democrats-say-rick-perry-left-more-1-million/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-mostlytrue.gif" alt="Mostly True"/></a> <p class="quote">UPDATED: Perry said no</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fdems.jpg" alt=" Texas Democratic Party"/> </div> <div class="statement__source"> Texas Democratic Party</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/mar/01/texas-democratic-party/texas-democrats-say-rick-perry-left-more-1-million/">More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to closing the coverage gap." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter abbott-o-meter in-the-works"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1239/approve-no-tax-increases/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Approve no tax increases</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1239/approve-no-tax-increases/">Abbott stressing tax-cut desires</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter abbott-o-meter in-the-works"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1254/cut-texas-property-taxes/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Cut Texas property taxes</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/abbott-o-meter/promise/1254/cut-texas-property-taxes/">Abbott calls for $4 billion cut in franchise, property taxes</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/24/facebook-posts/light-match-facebook-meme-quotes-sheila-jackson-le/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-pantsonfire.gif" alt="Pants on Fire!"/></a> <p class="quote">Wrinkly wrong</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2FFacebook_icon_1.jpg" alt=" Facebook posts"/> </div> <div class="statement__source"> Facebook posts</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/24/facebook-posts/light-match-facebook-meme-quotes-sheila-jackson-le/">Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’ </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/23/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-22-times-barack-obama-said-he-cou/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-mostlytrue.gif" alt="Mostly True"/></a> <p class="quote">Maybe 15 times</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fabbott05102010.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Greg Abbott</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/23/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-22-times-barack-obama-said-he-cou/">"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, ‘I just changed the law.’" </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/20/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-texas-shockingly-has-more-state-w/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-halftrue.gif" alt="Half-True"/></a> <p class="quote">Cherry-picking time</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fabbott05102010.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Greg Abbott</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/20/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-texas-shockingly-has-more-state-w/">"Texas has more full-time state employees per capita than California and Illinois." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter adler-o-meter stalled"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/adler-o-meter/promise/1301/give-each-council-member-day-austin-city-council-v/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Give each council member a day for Austin City Council to visit their district</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/adler-o-meter/promise/1301/give-each-council-member-day-austin-city-council-v/">Adler plan to meet in each council district not 'on front burner'</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="promise"> <div class="obameter adler-o-meter promise-kept"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/adler-o-meter/promise/1295/devote-first-100-days-long-term-issues-and-learnin/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/graphics/spacer.gif" alt=""/><span></span></a> </div> <h3 class="promise__title">Devote the first 100 days to long-term issues</h3> <div class="promise__text"><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/promises/adler-o-meter/promise/1295/devote-first-100-days-long-term-issues-and-learnin/">Adler convenes deep-dive council briefings</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/18/lloyd-doggett/lloyd-doggett-says-homeland-security-only-us-agenc/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-true.gif" alt="True"/></a> <p class="quote">Until someone blinks?</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fdoggett.jpg" alt="Lloyd Doggett"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Lloyd Doggett</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/18/lloyd-doggett/lloyd-doggett-says-homeland-security-only-us-agenc/">The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress. </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/16/dave-claunch/mayor-dave-claunch-says-austin-has-more-capitol-lo/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-mostlytrue.gif" alt="Mostly True"/></a> <p class="quote">More than 20 registered</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fdave_claunch_033108pft.jpg" alt="Dave Claunch"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Dave Claunch</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/16/dave-claunch/mayor-dave-claunch-says-austin-has-more-capitol-lo/">"Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas." </a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/feb/12/rick-perry/obama-calls-kosher-deli-attack-random-rick-perry-s/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-false.gif" alt="False"/></a> <p class="quote">Obama's prior comments tell another story</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Frickperryoctober2013pft.jpg" alt="Rick Perry"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Rick Perry</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/feb/12/rick-perry/obama-calls-kosher-deli-attack-random-rick-perry-s/">"Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris." </a> </p> <p class="statement__edition">— PolitiFact National</p> <a class="vice-versa truth-o-metertab" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter"> <span></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="scoretable__item"> <div class="statement"> <div class="meter"> <a href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/12/rick-perry/rick-perry-texas-vaccination-rates-rose-65-per/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/rulings%2Ftom-false.gif" alt="False"/></a> <p class="quote">UPDATED: Some 80 percent of preschoolers in 2013</p> </div> <div class="statement__body"> <div class="mugshot"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150310023245im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com:80/politifact%2Fmugs%2Frickperryoctober2013pft.jpg" alt="Rick Perry"/> </div> <div class="statement__source">Rick Perry</div> <p class="statement__text"> <a class="link" href="/web/20150310023245/http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/feb/12/rick-perry/rick-perry-texas-vaccination-rates-rose-65-per/">"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. 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