TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roth,Mitchel P.
AU  - Kennedy,Tom
ED  - Houston Police Officers' Union.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Houston blue: the story of the Houston Police Department 
T2  - North Texas crime and criminal justice series
SN  - 9781574414820
AV  - HV8148.H73 .R68 2012
U1  - 363.209764/1411 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Denton, TX
PB  - University of North Texas Press
KW  - Houston Police Officers' Association
KW  - History
KW  - Houston Police Officers' Union
KW  - Houston (Tex.)
KW  - Police Dept
KW  - Police
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Texas
KW  - Houston
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - "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; Includes bibliographical references; 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414820/
ER  -