Download or read book The Texas Sheriff written by Thad Sitton and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Texas Sheriff takes a fresh, colorful, and insightful look at Texas law enforcement during the decades before 1960. In the first half of the twentieth century, rural Texas was a strange, often violent, and complicated place. Nineteenth-century lifestyles persisted, blood relationships made a difference, and racial apartheid was still rigidly enforced. Citizens expected their county sheriff to uphold local customs as well as state laws. He had to help constituents with their personal problems, which often had little or nothing to do with law enforcement. The rural sheriff served as his county’s “Mr. Fixit,” its resident “good old boy,” and the lord of an intricate rural society. Basing his interpretations on primary sources and extensive interviews, Thad Sitton explores the dual nature of Texas sheriffs, demonstrating their far-reaching power both to do good and to abuse the law.
Download or read book The Last Sheriff in Texas written by James P. McCollom and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] narrative with resonance well beyond seekers of Texas history. The Last Sheriff in Texas would be an amazing allegory for our times, were it fiction. Instead it suggests cultural trenches that we view as new that were dug decades ago." —Houston Chronicle Beeville, Texas, was the most American of small towns—the place that GIs had fantasized about while fighting through the ruins of Europe, a place of good schools, clean streets, and churches. Old West justice ruled, as evidenced by a 1947 shootout when outlaws surprised popular sheriff Vail Ennis at a gas station and shot him five times, point–blank, in the belly. Ennis managed to draw his gun and put three bullets in each assailant; he reloaded and shot them three times more. Time magazine’s full–page article on the shooting was seen by some as a referendum on law enforcement owing to the sheriff’s extreme violence, but supportive telegrams from all across America poured into Beeville’s tiny post office. Yet when a second violent incident threw Ennis into the crosshairs of public opinion once again, the uprising was orchestrated by an unlikely figure: his close friend and Beeville’s favorite son, Johnny Barnhart. Barnhart confronted Ennis in the election of 1952: a landmark standoff between old Texas, with its culture of cowboy bravery and violence, and urban Texas, with its lawyers, oil institutions, and a growing Mexican population. The town would never be the same again. The Last Sheriff in Texas is a riveting narrative about the postwar American landscape, an era grappling with the same issues we continue to face today. Debate over excessive force in law enforcement, Anglo–Mexican relations, gun control, the influence of the media, urban–rural conflict, the power of the oil industry, mistrust of politicians and the political process—all have surprising historical precedence in the story of Vail Ennis and Johnny Barnhart.
Download or read book Country Cop written by Barry Goodson and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deputy sheriff or sheriff of a county often is perceived as the lone officer protecting the citizens of a small town. Country Cop is the riveting story of one such deputy sheriff, Barry Goodson, and his experiences with the Parker County Sheriff’s office in the 1990s and early 2000s in North Texas. Goodson was required to answer any call for service within an area roughly the size of Rhode Island (just under 1000 square miles), where a backup officer could be many miles away, and so he often patrolled and handled calls alone in a county renowned for being a haven for drug manufacturers and dealers. Goodson puts the reader in his patrol car to vicariously share what it is like to be in county law enforcement. He reveals his officer’s skills, which include the ability to identify an offender immediately, to assess that offender’s immediate intent (apparent or not), and to decide on proper action before the offender can unleash his or her attack on that deputy or against the originally intended victim. More often than not, he employed “verbal judo” to de-escalate a situation instead of drawing his gun. Calls from dispatch ranged from a simple need to clear livestock from the highways to shots fired or a 150 mph high-speed auto chase of drug dealers. More often, drug dealer attacks erupted during a perceived normal traffic stop with the offender suddenly producing a weapon, forcing Goodson to use force to subdue the individual. During one domestic violence call Goodson and another officer forced entry to stop a violent father from extreme violence against his wife and two teenage sons, but then Goodson had to intercept the wife as she lunged forward with a pair of long scissors in an attempt to stab the other officer in the back. Country Cop gives the inside story of county law enforcement and will prove a valuable resource for those in criminal justice, those who aspire to a career in law enforcement, and to all who enjoy a good police story.
Download or read book Tarrant County Sheriff s Office written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas High Sheriffs written by Thad Sitton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The No 1 Sheriff in Texas written by Patricia Thayer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randell men are hard to resist. Hired to protect and serve, Detective Brandon Randell wears his hat low and his badge polished. Randell men love for a lifetime. After Brandon rescues Nora Donnelly and her young son, they remind him there could be more to life than duty. And Randell men never give up! Running from her past, Nora has bumped into her future. She plans to run again soon…but not if Brandon can help it!
Download or read book Texas Sheriff written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Sheriff s Deadly Mission written by Karen Whiddon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can fear of repeating past mistakes Hinder a sheriff’s search for a serial killer? Rayna Coombs has enough on her plate, juggling single motherhood and working as a sheriff. So she's determined to resist the white-hot desire she feels for Parker Norton. But when Parker enlists Rayna's help to find a missing friend, she can't ignore the sparks flying between them. As passion flares, though, bodies start turning up. Can Rayna and Parker track a lethal killer while guarding their own hearts? From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.
Download or read book Texas Sheriff written by Eugene Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Curt Thompson inherits the sheriff's star.
Download or read book The Sheriff of Horseshoe Texas written by Linda Warren and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His friendly, peaceful Texas hometown is the ideal place for Wyatt Carson to raise his young daughter. Until Peyton Ross zooms through Horseshoe and turns his quiet world upside down. Wyatt may think Peyton's just another fun-loving party girl, but she intends to show the straitlaced sheriff what she's really made of. And while she's at it, put some fun back into the widowed lawman's life… With Peyton around, there's never a dull moment. Even Wyatt's eight-year-old is falling under the spell of the irrepressible blonde. But what happens once Peyton leaves his jurisdiction? Is she going to leave his heart in one piece?
Download or read book A Texas Sheriff a J Spradley written by Henry C. Fuller and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vivid And Accurate Account Of Some Of The Most Notorious Murder Cases And Feuds In The History Of East Texas, And The Officers Who Relentlessly Pursued The Criminals Till They Were Brought To Justice And Paid Full Penalty Of The Law.
Download or read book Texas Lawmen 1835 1899 written by Clifford R. Caldwell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-18 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tally of Texas lawmen killed during the states first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parkers Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff s deputy Floyd Coberly, murdered by an inmate in 1897 after ten days on the job, this collection accounts for all of those unsung heroes. Not merely an attempt to retell a dozen popular peace officer legends, Texas Lawmen, 18351899 represents thousands of hours of research conducted over more than a decade. Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell have carefully assembled a unique and engaging chronicle of Texas history.
Download or read book Texas Cops Exposed written by Jay Kidd and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author is a former police chief and three-time Texas whistle-blower, he now owns a private investigations company. Bret Adams tells a story that is inspired by true events. The story reveals everything you ever wanted to know about police corruption in Texas. Adams was the class president and valedictorian at the police academy, and served in all most every Texas Law Enforcement capacity. Adams has filed whistle-blower type lawsuits against state law-enforcement agency administrators, police chiefs, law-enforcement organization leaders, sheriffs, dozens of police officers, multimillion dollar companies, city councilmen, and mayors. Adams ended a corrupt sheriff's career and exposed a huge cover-up in a famous whistle-blower law suit. The story also includes a unique look into the murder of a deputy sheriff and explores the possibility that the deputy was murdered by fellow officers. Also read how Adams exposed one the most flagrant and outrageous speed traps in Texas history. It does not stop there; in fact, the story details how Chief Adams's police department was disbanded by the mayor to obstruct an investigation into the mayor's company which allegedly employed hundreds of illegal immigrants. Read how the mayor's fifty million dollar a year company was suspected of bribing sheriffs, district attorneys, and a former United States Congressman. The story provides valuable information for protecting you and your family from police corruption. This story is also an absolute must for the policeman hopeful, as it will give the new officer essential knowledge going into their career. From speeding ticket quotas and racial profiling to one of the most corrupt towns in Texas, all the way up to murder, this story will finally reveal the other side of the blue line and what goes on outside the public eye.
Download or read book A Texas Sheriff written by Henry Clay Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of James P McCollom s The Last Sheriff in Texas written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-10T22:59:00Z with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1947, Vail Ennis was the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, and he killed seven men in under a month. His death would gray the memory of his own killings. #2 The American Café in Beeville, Texas, in 1947, was the last gathering of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. They were ribbed about their hunting skills, but they knew about guns and knew how they could do damage. #3 Vail Ennis, the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, was the last of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. He had killed seven men in under a month when he was stopped by Alfred Allee, a Ranger. #4 Vail Ennis, the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, was the last of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. He had killed seven men in under a month when he was stopped by Alfred Allee, a Ranger.
Download or read book The Sheriff written by Angi Morgan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the West Texas Watchmen. “A smashing beginning! . . . The Sheriff is tightly plotted; the action is breathtaking and the characters captivating.” —Fresh Fiction Sheriff Pete Morrison knows the secret in his past could destroy his father. Yet instead of resigning his job and exposing the lie, he finds himself protecting Andrea Allen—a beautiful astronomer who witnessed a gun-smuggling operation and a college student’s abduction. Determined to be independent, a relationship with her conflicted protector isn’t in the cards. No matter how safe she feels in Pete’s strong arms. But when things take a turn for the worse and Andrea exchanges herself for the abducted student, only Pete can save her from the horrible fate that awaits her. “Morgan not only has an independent and quirky heroine, but an adorably quirky—and steamy—romance between the hero and heroine. While the playful banter was a nice addition, the storyline also felt fresh and full of intrigue.” —Romantic Times
Download or read book Texas Ranger Captain William L Wright written by Richard McCaslin and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William L. Wright (1868-1942) was born to be a Texas Ranger, and hard work made him a great one. Wright tried working as a cowboy and farmer, but it did not suit him. Instead, he became a deputy sheriff and then a Ranger in 1899, battling a mob in the Laredo Smallpox Riot, policing both sides in the Reese-Townsend Feud, and winning a gunfight at Cotulla. His need for a better salary led him to leave the Rangers and become a sheriff. He stayed in that office longer than any of his predecessors in Wilson County, keeping the peace during the so-called Bandit Wars, investigating numerous violent crimes, and surviving being stabbed on the gallows by the man he was hanging. When demands for Ranger reform peaked, he was appointed as a captain and served for most of the next twenty years, retiring in 1939 after commanding dozens of Rangers. Wright emerged unscathed from the Canales investigation, enforced Prohibition in South Texas, and policed oil towns in West Texas, as well as tackling many other legal problems. When he retired, he was the only Ranger in service who had worked under seven governors. Wright has also been honored as an inductee into the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame at Waco.