Houston police employee dies while trying to drive to work during Hurricane Beryl

Information Security Officer Russell Richardson, 54, was on his way to work when he exited I-45 and ran into high water at the Houston Avenue underpass.

[@user-ti9cp6mx7p]

Just goes to show ain't no damn job worth risking your life to get to work in a freaking storm!

[@sunshine2528]

I was a police dispatcher in the Houston area. Dispatchers were told we’d be fired if we couldn’t get to work. It wasn’t city policy but the supervisor’s policy.

[@sunshine2528]

@@vrdog9660
I don’t work there anymore. They fired me for something else lol Really nice folks running police departments…

[@Sacred_Silence]

​@@vrdog9660 Texas is an at-will state. They can literally fire you for any reason they want to, unfortunately

[@KB-el6oz]

@@sunshine2528 30 - 40 years ago, they coordinated a guy with a big truck to pick folks up so police could get to work. Nowadays folks are like, "You're on your own!"

[@DJANGOATX512]

Civil-Rights violations

[@lisafrizzell1252]

Same here.... work was upset that I wasn't on my way to work,they just don't care

[@richardthetroll6758]

Our management doesn't care. They made us come in 😮

[@U_P_R_P]

Turn Around Don’t Drown

[@KB-el6oz]

Rip.

[@darthmike4845]

I knew him Rest In Peace Sir.

[@cyh4031]

Lord have mercy!

[@Urfav_Delilahh]

Rip 🪦🕊️

[@reversalmushroom]

Couldn't he just...get out of his car and swim 50ft to dry land? It seems like that was really easy to get out of. Did he really just sit in his car as it filled up with water and drown?

[@rodc5443]

He really risked his life for the job

[@Yelo_54]

How come with every single person paying between 25%-50% of what they make and don’t have a soul on the ground blocking and rerouting known problem areas.

[@KS-cl8br]

clearly you lack intelligence... its all being wasted on Ukraine, Isreal, the DOD, and NATO

[@Genesisyeshuamartyr]

Unfortunately he will be replaced same day 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@daophan3709]

Lifes jackets. Boats. Call to not go to work in a storm because storm causes death.

[@daophan3709]

Drainages. Pipes. Pumps.

[@steveladner4346]

Who in their right mind believes anything HPD has to say?

[@colepattison6809]

Why would they lie about this?

[@user-vn3rz8bx3r]

Very sad😢😢😢

[@miriambrisky4448]

😢

[@magic7350]

😢😢

[@Woodworkjunkie]

That red background is horrible!!! Annoying and Hard on the eyes!! Use a Houston skyline picture instead.

[@janellmurphy6361]

I don't trust cop's. I'm sorry for your loss and his family,praying for all of y'all all.

[@TheGreatAndYOU]

I trust cops

[@AthensJets]

​@TheGreatAndYOU and that's why you suck.

[@MoneyVisionsTV]

@@TheGreatAndYOUbet not hpd corrupt they murdered Tuttle family in cold blood

[@Boomstruck123]

W news, F 12

[@texasgina]

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