HOUSTON -- The Houston Police Officer's Union released the results of a competency survey taken by officers on Chief Harold Hurtt's job performance, and it wants the chief removed if he does not change, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.

About 2,300 officers participated in the survey, which is about half of the departments 4,700 officers.

The officers said they want the mayor to get rid of Hurtt or fix the problem by having a meeting with the chief to ensure that he is more responsive to the officers.

"We want the chief of police to be a chief of police that's going to be responsive and going to be inclusive of not only officers, but us as a sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the officers. We were elected to do this. We didn't designate ourselves anything," said Mark Clark, executive director of the Houston Police Officer's Union.

The survey had 13 questions and was three pages long and included questions about everything from morale to his ability to lead and run the department.

Seventy-five percent of officers said they disagreed or strongly disagreed with the question, "I feel confident in Chief Hurtt's ability to lead." Another 11 percent agreed or strongly agreed with the statement.

"Most officers share the same concerns that we do that, while input is asked for, input is ignored, and I think that's one of the chief things that if the police chief and the mayor … if the mayor wants the police chief to survive in this environment in Houston, some very, very serious things are going to have to change," Clark said.

"I think that we do a great job. Right now, we are being productive. We're reducing crime last year. We're reducing crime again this year. What we're here about is to make Houston a safer place and we're doing that," Hurtt said.

Houston City Councilman Michael Berry attended the news conference. He said he has also lost confidence in the police chief.

The survey was originally developed in December after 14 people were murdered over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The Houston Police Department is known for being understaffed and overworked.

Hurtt was named police chief in February 2004. He came to Houston after being police chief in Phoenix, Ariz.