Houston blue [electronic resource] : the story of the Houston Police Department / by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy.
Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-; Kennedy, Tom, 1946-; Houston Police Officers' Union.
2012
HV8148.H73 R68 2012eb
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Title Houston blue [electronic resource] : the story of the Houston Police Department / by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy.
Author Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-
ISBN 9781574414721
9781574414820 electronic book
Publication Details Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Language English
Description ix, 486 p.
Call Number HV8148.H73 R68 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.209764/1411
Note "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, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Kennedy, Tom, 1946-
Added Corporate Author Houston Police Officers' Union.
Series North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8
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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.

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