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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 …
Date:
November 15, 2012
Creator:
Roth, Mitchel P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 497, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 14, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 479, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 2, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 521, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 28, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 509, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 21, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 515, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 23, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 503, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 16, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 527, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 30, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 491, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 9, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 485, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 7, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 523, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 29, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 487, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 8, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 475, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 1, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 499, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 15, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 15, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 511, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 22, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 508, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 21, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 520, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 28, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 484, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 7, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 496, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 14, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Isaiah P. Walker House]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Isaiah P. Walker House, in La Porte, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
November 16, 2012
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 486, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 7, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 522, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 28, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 510, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 21, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 528, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 2012
Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date:
November 30, 2012
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History