Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department
by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy
University of North Texas Press, 2012
Cloth: 978-1-57441-472-1 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-482-0
Library of Congress Classification HV8148.H73.R68 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.2097641411
TOC
Contents
Foreword - Ray Hunt
Chapter 1: Baghdad on the Bayou
Chapter 2: Houston, USA
Chapter 3: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Birth of HPD
Chapter 4: Houston’s Crime Problem
Chapter 5: The Marshal Becomes the Chief
Chapter 6: Murder Was In the Air
Chapter 7: The Bloodiest Day
Chapter 8: HPD and the Klan
Chapter 9: The Prohibition Era
Chapter 10: Reorganization
Chapter 11: Percy Heard and the War Years
Chapter 12: The Post-War Era
Chapter 13: The Old Gray Fox’s Whim
Chapter 14: Secret Leaders and 1269m
Chapter 15: A Sergeant Becomes Chief
Chapter 16: Political Winds
Chapter 17: Herman B. Short
Chapter 18: Conflict at Texas Southern
Chapter 19: The Successor
Chapter 20: All 7’s
Chapter 21: Buffalo Hunters and a New Union
Chapter 23: The Drill Instructor
Chapter 24: Hispanics Stand Tall
Chapter 25: The Outsider
Chapter 26: Neighborhood-Oriented Policing
Chapter 27: Betsy and the Poster Boy
Chapter 28: The Man in the Uniform
Chapter 29: Hans Marticiuc and Greater Benefits
Chapter 30: The Chief from Phoenix
Chapter 31: 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
Notes
Sources
Index
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