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The Houston Police Officers Association (HPOA) was created in 1945. This organization later became the Houston Police Officers Union. [ 2 ] The first African American woman police officer on the force, Margie Duty , joined the HPD in 1953, starting in the Juvenile Division.
The first constable of the then recently incorporated capital city of the Republic of Texas, Houston was elected in 1837, making him the city's first law enforcement officer. The police force itself was not established until 1841 by Houston's first marshal, Daniel Busley. There was little patrolling of the city during the next 20 years.
Lee Patrick Brown (born October 4, 1937) is an American politician, criminologist and businessman; in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston, Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004. He has had a long career in law enforcement and academia; leading police departments in ...
But Ray Hunt, the executive director of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, said Houston is not alone as its struggles to retain and hire people into a profession that is increasingly scrutinized.
The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, [1][2] was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, taking place on August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred within a climate of overt racist hostility from members of the all-white Houston Police ...
The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) is the largest police union in Texas. [1] [2] It is active in local politics through the political action committee CLEAT PAC. [3] It lobbies for legislation and endorses candidates for office (both Republicans and Democrats [1] ). In 2020–2021, it supported the passage of Senate Bill ...
Many of the independent unions serve police in local municipalities. The self-described "largest municipal police union in the world" is the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York that represents 24,000 members of the NYPD. [2] [3] There is no single dominant national association. Four associations have significant membership ...
The first author, Roth, is a professor at Sam Houston State University and the second, Kennedy, at one time wrote newspaper articles for the Houston Post. The book was produced in a six year period after the Houston Police Officers' Union hired both authors in 2004. The authors consulted archives as part of their research. [1]