“This letter was sent to Letters to the Editor while the 1st letter was sent to the Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editor. I want our residents to know that we’re doing what we can to correct the disparaging articles misrepresenting Meyerland.”

I am the current president of Meyerland Community Improvement Association – the property owners association for the subdivision of Meyerland. 

I am writing regarding an article dated August 11, 2025 (“Crime is Surging in Houston’s Meyerland neighborhood…”) and its August 20, 2025 reprint (“Meyerland bucks citywide crime dip”).

Although the article was supposed to be a report on crime in Greater Meyerland Super Neighborhood #31, the reporter failed to identify the super neighborhood by its full name or define the area and the multiple subdivisions it actually encompasses. Instead, he merely referred to the area as “Meyerland”.  

Crime described in the article is not occurring in the subdivision of Meyerland. Both the apartment complex known as “Life at Jackson Square” and the adjacent shopping center where crimes are occurring are located outside of the Meyerland subdivision. 

The interactive crime map included in the online articles is also inaccurate. If you type in the same address several times, you’ll get several different results.

Precinct 5 Constables provide law enforcement services in Meyerland 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Precinct 5 reports are accessible here: https://meyerland.net/traffic-security-information/

The article is misleading and presents an unfair portrayal of the Meyerland subdivision. I asked the reporter to print a correction – to clarify that the Greater Meyerland Super Neighborhood and the subdivision of Meyerland are not the same. He didn’t respond. Instead, in a flagrant disregard of the facts, an unedited reprint of the article was published on the front page on August 20. 

Sherry Hibbert