03020nam 2200589 a 450 991078649360332120230801225254.01-283-92439-01-57441-482-8(CKB)2670000000278427(SSID)ssj0000780755(PQKBManifestationID)11491828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780755(PQKBWorkID)10803225(PQKB)11490745(MiAaPQ)EBC1057016(OCoLC)820886265(MdBmJHUP)muse19002(Au-PeEL)EBL1057016(CaPaEBR)ebr10622565(CaONFJC)MIL423689(EXLCZ)99267000000027842720120717d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHouston blue[electronic resource] the story of the Houston Police Department /by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom KennedyDenton, Tex. University of North Texas Press2012ix, 486 pNorth Texas crime and criminal justice series ;no. 8"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.1-57441-472-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.North Texas crime and criminal justice series ;no. 8.PoliceTexasHoustonHistoryPoliceLabor unionsTexasHoustonHistoryPoliceHistory.PoliceLabor unionsHistory.363.209764/1411Roth Mitchel P.1953-895663Kennedy Tom1946-1568779Houston Police Officers' Union.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786493603321Houston blue3841170UNINA