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020 _a9781574414820
020 _z9781574414721 (cloth : alk. paper)
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_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
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050 0 0 _aHV8148.H73
_b.R68 2012
082 0 0 _a363.209764/1411
_223
100 1 _aRoth, Mitchel P.,
_d1953-
245 1 0 _aHouston blue
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe story of the Houston Police Department /
_cby Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy.
260 _aDenton, TX :
_bUniversity of North Texas Press,
_c2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (496 p.)
490 1 _aNorth Texas crime and criminal justice series ;
_vno. 8
500 _a"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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 1 _aBaghdad 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
610 2 0 _aHouston Police Officers' Association
_xHistory.
610 2 0 _aHouston Police Officers' Union
_xHistory.
610 1 0 _aHouston (Tex.).
_bPolice Dept.
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPolice
_xLabor unions
_zTexas
_zHouston
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPolice
_zTexas
_zHouston
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aKennedy, Tom,
_d1946-
710 2 _aHouston Police Officers' Union.
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aNorth Texas crime and criminal justice series ;
_vno. 8.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781574414820/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c34696
_d34696