It happened around 5 a.m. on Wheatley Street near Ferguson Way.
The officer was southbound on Wheatley when the SUV collided with the police vehicle, according to Houston police.
The officer was taken to a hospital for injuries, but the extent of those injuries wasn t immediately known. The other driver involved was being checked for signs of any impairment after the crash.
There was no word on an arrest or charges.
Friday s crash is the latest in a trend of incidents involving law enforcement vehicles.
On Sunday, a Houston police officer suffered minor injuries after colliding with a car that ran a stop sign in southeast Houston. Last month, five Montgomery County deputy constables were injured when a driver slammed into a deputy s cruiser on the Eastex Freeway, causing a chain-reaction crash.
It happened around 11 p.m. on Fuqua near Palmhill in southeast Houston.
The officer was eastbound on Fuqua when the driver of the other vehicle rolled through the intersection, according to Houston police. Officers told ABC13 the driver was very intoxicated when the crash happened. So, this person is going to go to jail, said Sean Teare, who is the Harris County District Attorney s chief of vehicular crimes. This person is likely going to have a DWI conviction on their record for the rest of their life. But thankfully, it s not intoxication manslaughter or intoxication assault of the police officer, because our officer here on scene did not suffer any significant injuries, which is the real story here.