Houston blue
Subtitle: the story of the Houston Police Department
By: by Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy
Contributors: Kennedy, Tom, 1946-; Houston Police Officers' Union
Series: North Texas crime and criminal justice series -- no. 8; North Texas crime and criminal justice series -- no. 8.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Denton, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9781574414721; 9781574414820
Subjects: Houston (Tex.). Police Dept.; Police; Houston Police Officers' Association; Houston (Tex.).; Labor unions; Houston Police Officers' Union; History
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 the Houston Police Department and the Houston Police Officers' Union."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Baghdad on the bayou; title: Houston, USA; title: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of HPD; title: Houston's crime problem; title: The marshal becomes the chief; title: Murder was in the air; title: The bloodiest day; title: HPD and the Klan; title: The Prohibition years; title: Reorganization; title: Percy Heard and the war years; title: Post-War HPD; title: The old gray fox's whim; title: Secret leaders and 1269m; title: A sergeant becomes chief; title: Political winds; title: Herman B. Short; title: Conflict at Texas Southern; title: The successor; title: All 7's; title: Buffalo hunters and a union; title: Darkest day; title: The drill instructor; title: Hispanics stand tall; title: The outsider; title: Neighborhood-oriented policing; title: Betsy and the poster boy; title: The man in the uniform 437; title: Hans Marticiuc and greater benefits; title: The chief from Phoenix; title: An insider and new trust; title: Appendix 1: Fallen heroes of HPD; title: Appendix 2: Houston mayors and police chiefs, 1837/2012; title: Appendix 3: HPOA/HPOU presidents.