In his 41 years of service with HPD, Sgt. Robert Ruiz has seen it all and credits specialized crime units with bringing murders down. But over the years, crime has changed.
HOUSTON, Texas -- On a rainy day on Houston's east side, a veteran police sergeant prepares to turn in his uniform.
Back then, Houston was growing fast. As the Oilers sang"Luv ya Blue," and Nolan Ryan picked up baseball's first million dollar contract, the city's wealthiest practically drowned in oil money.Houston had a record of 678 murders in 1982. Trust was at an all-time low after the murder of, a Mexican American Army veteran, who was beaten by Houston police officers who then dumped him into Buffalo Bayou.
The police department was understaffed and underfunded. Calling dispatch often meant finding a payphone."We hated it. We called it 'No Officers on Patrol,' because we were very short-handed and now, suddenly, you're drawing officers out to meet with the public," Ruiz said."Sometimes it was an us against them, them against us type of attitude."
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