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Roth and Kennedy reveal that most of modern Houston’s issues and problems are rooted in many of the challenges that faced police officers in the nineteenth century. Anyone who drives in Houston will not be surprised that the city’s reputation for poor drivers was already cemented in the 1860s, when ordinances were passed to protect pedestrians from horse-drawn carriages. Likewise, the department’s efforts to overcome funding and manpower shortages, and political patronage, are a continuing battle that began a century ago. In the end it is a story about the men and women in blue and the role played by the Houston Police Officers Union in creating a modern 21st-century police force from its frontier roots.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53597945004305,"sku":"CIN1574414720G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781574414721.jpg?v=1779818461"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-mitchel-p-roth.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}