Texas sheriffs group sues Harris County over working conditions

With crime continuing to rise in Texas' Harris County and significant safety concerns at jails, the a sheriff's deputies gooup rhas filed a federal lawsuit against the County Commissioner’s Court.

“Ladies and gentleman of Harris County, if you get robbed, raped or shot, hold your breath and pray because we don't know if we have the personnel to respond," David Cuevas, head of Harris County Sheriff's Deputies Organization, on Tueday told a local Fox News affiliate.

The group represents more than 3,000 Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies and detention officers in the third-largest county in the U.S., home to Houston.

Under the "failed leadership of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo,” who heads the court, Cuevas said at a news conference that sheriff's office personnel and citizens are suffering.