Houston Chief Seeks More Officers Dateline: Houston, Texas - 12/3/2005 Houston Chronicle Houston's police chief spoke out Friday about recent concerns raised over a staffing shortage in the Houston Police Department, KPRC Local 2 reported. Chief Harold Hurtt agreed with his critics in the police union that the department needs more manpower. But he said plans have been in the works for months to increase the number of officers through streamlining and overtime. Hurtt said police response time in