When I had the honor of serving Houston as police chief, together we endured an...
Harris County deputies salute the hearse carrying fallen Harris County Deputy Darren Almendarez during his procession at Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences on Monday, April 4, 2022 in Houston.When I had the honor of serving Houston as police chief, together we endured an eleven-month period in which we laid to rest five officers whoin the line of duty.
In my conversations with police departments across the state, the most consistent message I’m hearing is that catalytic converter thieves are not only getting bolder, they’re also getting more dangerous. Those criminals have done the math and they clearly believe that the value of the precious metals in stolen converters far outweighs the risk of getting caught.
I accepted an invitation to work with PGM of Texas, North America’s top recycler of catalytic converters, based in San Marcos, to help lead the search for solutions to this problem plaguing our state and nation. Legislators who have attempted to tackle the problem have certainly meant well, but they placed the burden of proof on recyclers and applied the threat of a felony conviction for possessing any undocumented converters.
That expanded black market is problematic for several reasons, starting with the fact that the supply of metals reclaimed from a recycled catalytic converter is on their biggest original producer: Russia. Because those rare metals are used in applications ranging from cancer treatments to building more air-cleansing converters, their recapture by legitimate recyclers is more important than ever.to study the impact of the catalytic-converter theft law passed in the most recent legislative session. I hope that he and other state leaders will shift their focus onto the actual criminals: the thieves who are sliding under vehicles with saws.
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