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- Description
- 1 online resource (486 p.)
- Series Statement
- North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8
- Uniform Title
- Houston blue (Online)
- North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8.
- Alternative Title
- Houston blue (Online)
- Subject
- 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 (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-466) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012028654
- OCLC
- ssj0000780755
- Author
Roth, Mitchel P., 1953-
- Title
Houston blue [electronic resource] : the story of the Houston Police Department / by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy.
- Imprint
Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
- Series
North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8
North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 8.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-466) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Kennedy, Tom, 1946-
Houston Police Officers' Union.