Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department (North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series)
“The authors do an exceptional job piecing the history together. The vivid descriptions of life in early Houston, as well as the elaborate details concerning the evolution of policing in the country’s fourth largest city, make this a highly engaging read.”—Daniel M. Stewart, criminal justice, University of North Texas“Houston Blueleaves the reader with a true sense of history and pride for the many Houston Police officers—the men and women in blue—who gave so much of themselves and their families to serve the citizens of Houston for the past 175 years. It is a must read for anyone with a fondness of history and policing, for the art of storytelling and the early days of good guys and bad guys, and for the surprising appearance of John Wayne in the annals of the Houston Police Department.”—Michael Bozeman, criminal justice, University of Texas-Tyler"The Houston Police Department, in its long history, has been policing all manners of life here in the Bayou City. The good, the bad, and the groundbreaking are now detailed in a comprehensive new book about the nation's fourth-largest police force."--Houston Chronicle