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Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department
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Houston Blue offers the first comprehensive history of one of the nation’s largest police forces, the Houston Police Department. Through extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with prominent Houston police figures, politicians, news reporters, attorneys, and others, authors Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy chronicle the development of policing in the Bayou City from its days as a grimy trading post in the 1830s to its current status as the nation’s fourth largest city. Prominent historical figures who have brushed shoulders with Houston’s Finest over the past 175 years include Houdini, Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, O. Henry, former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, hatchet wielding temperance leader Carrie Nation, the Hilton Siamese Twins, blues musician Leadbelly, oilman Silver Dollar Jim West, and many others. The Houston Police Department was one of the first cities in the South to adopt fingerprinting as an identification system and use the polygraph test, and under the leadership of its first African American police chief, Lee Brown, put the theory of neighborhood oriented policing into practice in the 1980s. The force has been embroiled in controversy and high profile criminal cases as well. Among the cases chronicled in the book are …
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November 15, 2012
Creator:
Roth, Mitchel P.
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Book
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The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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April 24, 2012
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 537, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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December 6, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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February 14, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 394, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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September 14, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 513, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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November 22, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 290, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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July 17, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 86, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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March 20, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 398, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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September 18, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 602, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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January 17, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 22, 2012
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March 22, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 566, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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December 25, 2012
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 393, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 2012
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September 13, 2012
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 489, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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November 8, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 153, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 2012
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April 26, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 261, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 2012
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June 28, 2012
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 241, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
June 19, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 385, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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Date:
September 11, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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March 1, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 404, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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September 20, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 572, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
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December 27, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 488, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 8, 2012
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unknown
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Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 577, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
January 3, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
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The Portal to Texas History