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Author Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-

Title Houston blue : the story of the Houston Police Department / by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy
Published Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (486 pages)
Series North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8
North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8.
Contents Baghdad on the bayou -- Houston, USA -- Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of HPD -- Houston's crime problem -- The marshal becomes the chief -- Murder was in the air -- The bloodiest day -- HPD and the Klan -- The Prohibition years -- Reorganization -- Percy Heard and the war years -- Post-War HPD -- The old gray fox's whim -- Secret leaders and 1269m -- A sergeant becomes chief -- Political winds -- Herman B. Short -- Conflict at Texas Southern -- The successor -- All 7's -- Buffalo hunters and a union -- Darkest day -- The drill instructor -- Hispanics stand tall -- The outsider -- Neighborhood-oriented policing -- Betsy and the poster boy -- The man in the uniform 437 -- Hans Marticiuc and greater benefits -- The chief from Phoenix -- An insider and new trust -- Appendix 1: Fallen heroes of HPD -- Appendix 2: Houston mayors and police chiefs, 1837/2012 -- Appendix 3: HPOA/HPOU presidents
Summary Houston Blue offers the first comprehensive history of one of the nation's largest police forces, the Houston Police Department. Through extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with prominent Houston police figures, politicians, news reporters, attorneys, and others, authors Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy chronicle the development of policing in the Bayou City from its days as a grimy trading post in the 1830s to its current status as the nation's fourth largest city. Prominent historical figures who have brushed shoulders with Houston's Finest over the past 175 years
Notes "Back in 2005, the board of the directors of the Houston Police Officers' Union commissioned Mitchel Roth, Ph. D., and Tom Kennedy to research and write a book that chronicled the history of the Houston Police Department and the Houston Police Officers' Union."--Foreword
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-466) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Houston (Tex.). Police Department -- History
Houston Police Officers' Union -- History
Houston Police Officers' Association -- History
SUBJECT Houston Police Officers' Union fast
Houston Police Officers' Association fast
Houston (Tex.). Police Department fast
Subject Police -- Texas -- Houston -- History
Police -- Labor unions -- Texas -- Houston -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
Police
Police -- Labor unions
Texas -- Houston
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kennedy, Tom, 1946-
Houston Police Officers' Union.
LC no. 2012028654
ISBN 9781574414820
1574414828
1283924390
9781283924399