Prassel, Frank Richard
Western peace officer : A legacy of law and order The Western peace officer Frank Richard Prassel - Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press 1972 - xii, 330 p.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. "Wild and unsettled portions of our territories"
2. "A duty to maintain public order"
3. "The marshal shall be chief of police"
4. Posse Comitatus
5. "A private person may arrest another"
6. "There shall be a corps of rangers"
7. Ex parte Crow Dog
8. "¡Alto, federales!"
Epilogue : "Do not forsake me"
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Sheriff's fees
Appendix C. Thiel's Detective Service
Appendix D. New Mexico Mounted Police
Notes
Bibliography
Index
The role of the lawman in the development of the American West. The author examines the legends that surround many of the early western peace officers and concludes that they were no better or worse than the members of the communities that they served. The book describes the activities of a number of law enforcement agencies such as the Texas Rangers, the Pinkertons, and private police forces associated with banks, railroads, and cattlemen's associations. Numerous famous law enforcement figures are discussed, including James Butler Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and Dallas Stoudenmire
0806110104 9780806110103
Constables
Peace officers--The West--History
Law enforcement --The West --History
Crimes & Criminals
352.23 Pra 42
Western peace officer : A legacy of law and order The Western peace officer Frank Richard Prassel - Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press 1972 - xii, 330 p.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. "Wild and unsettled portions of our territories"
2. "A duty to maintain public order"
3. "The marshal shall be chief of police"
4. Posse Comitatus
5. "A private person may arrest another"
6. "There shall be a corps of rangers"
7. Ex parte Crow Dog
8. "¡Alto, federales!"
Epilogue : "Do not forsake me"
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Sheriff's fees
Appendix C. Thiel's Detective Service
Appendix D. New Mexico Mounted Police
Notes
Bibliography
Index
The role of the lawman in the development of the American West. The author examines the legends that surround many of the early western peace officers and concludes that they were no better or worse than the members of the communities that they served. The book describes the activities of a number of law enforcement agencies such as the Texas Rangers, the Pinkertons, and private police forces associated with banks, railroads, and cattlemen's associations. Numerous famous law enforcement figures are discussed, including James Butler Hickok, Wyatt Earp, and Dallas Stoudenmire
0806110104 9780806110103
Constables
Peace officers--The West--History
Law enforcement --The West --History
Crimes & Criminals
352.23 Pra 42