Massive State-wide 'round-up' of people with outstanding warrants

It's that time of year again and the same kind folks who brought you the HPD Crime Lab and the murder of Pedro Gonzales have announced participation in the 'Great Texas Warrant Round Up'. As the Wild West title makes so clear, HPD will be rounding up folks city wide who have outstanding warrants for parking tickets, unpaid traffic fines, and the like. Here is what the law-dogs had to say about it:

"The City of Houston Municipal Courts and the Houston Police Department will join over 200 agencies to participate in this year’s 2009 Great Texas Warrant Round Up set to begin March 7 and end March 16. This round up will target people who have outstanding warrants with their respective Municipal Courts. In the Houston area alone, thousands could be affected. Officers will aggressively target persons with warrants and arrests will be made at their home, school, or workplace. We encourage you to take advantage of the options available for resolving your warrant(s)."

BTW, if you do not know whether you have a warrant or not, just call 311 and ask if you have anything in 'warrant status'. So for those 9 days stay at a friend's house, ride your bike, take a vacation, pay your fines, get on a payment plan, or prepare for a stay in the pokie.