| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
the story of the Houston Police Department |
| Author: |
RothMitchel P., 1953- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
KennedyTom, 1946- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Houston Police Officers' Union |
| Place of Publication: |
Denton, TX |
| Published: |
University of North Texas Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (496 p.). |
| Series: |
North Texas crime and criminal justice series |
| Subject: |
Police - Labor unions - Texas - |
| Subject: |
Police - History - Texas - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414820/ |
| 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 theHouston Police Department and the Houston Police Officers' Union."--Foreword |
| ISBN: |
9781574414820electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781574414721hbk. |
| Content Note: |
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 andpolice chiefs, 1837/2012 -- Appendix 3: HPOA/HPOU presidents |