From officers going viral for asking an Uber driver to help them chase an alleged violent suspect, to the chief skipping a city council meeting on HPD's involvement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
SEE ALSO: Houston officers get in Uber to chase running suspect, video shows
Eyewitness News reached out to HPD with questions about these incidents, but it would not answer.
On Wednesday, ABC13 found Chief Noe Diaz and Mayor John Whitmire at an event and took the questions directly to them.
If you're wondering if you have to let an officer jump in your car to chase someone, Diaz said you don't, and yes, you can refuse. When ABC13 first asked HPD whether that was their policy, they didn't provide a direct answer.
On Wednesday, Chief Diaz praised the officers for their actions.
"Well, it's such an emergent situation; we don't want to take that away in a catastrophic event: a school shooting, a massive shooting in the community," he said. "But again, it's a coaching moment for us, for those young ladies. I think they did a great job."
Another situation involving HPD was data from our partners at the Houston Chronicle showing that lawsuits filed for crashes involving police officers rose 71%. When Eyewitness News asked about this, Diaz said the stats include minor crashes too.
"We get in crashes. We drive for a living. HPD is doing a lot of work; our city is incredibly large, and part of that is going to have some accidents involved," he said.
Diaz also added that "training is happening all the time and again, people are doing the best that they can trying to reduce the calls for service all the time."
During the week, there was a combative council chamber on Tuesday, as city officials presented city data involving their encounters with ICE, and the chief was nowhere to be found to answer questions.
This is something that council members were very upset about.
"The city attorney asked the chief to not make a record that would be used in court - tough decision, but you have to follow your attorney's advice," Whitmire said.
Whitmire said the chief had already met with each council member about this.
"The reason they have that information, the reason that report actually exists is because of me - immigration is personal to me," Diaz said.
When ABC13 asked Diaz why he wasn't at the council meeting, he said their legal team asked him not to go because of the legal battle involving police.