Hotels, motels used as criminal base, Texas police warn

Police in Austin and Waco, Texas, are huddling with hoteliers to map a counterattack against a reported rise in storing drugs and other crime that operates out of lodging. “You’re asked very few questions at check-in, it’s basically just ‘Is this business or leisure?’ You can walk in and check-in and nobody bothers you,” Mike Gomez with the Texas Municipal Police Association says in noting the ease of access to hotels.