Houston blue the story of the Houston Police Department /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Denton, Tex. :
University of North Texas Press,
2012.
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| Series: | North Texas crime and criminal justice series ;
no. 8 |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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.