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The Texas State Police (TSP) is a defunct 19th century law enforcement agency that was created following the Civil War by order of Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis. The TSP worked primarily against racially based crimes in Texas, and included black policemen. It was replaced by a renewed Texas Rangers force in 1873.
10 lut 2021 · Published: 1952. Updated: February 10, 2021. State Police. During Radical Republican rule, Texas was lawless and chaotic. A number of studies, including one by the Committee on Lawlessness and Violence of the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69, indicated the need for a statewide organization with the ability to work in any jurisdiction.
July - Rising violence and gangs move Governor Edmund J. Davis to create three organizations to fight crime: the State Police, the State Guard of Texas and the Texas Reserve Militia. The State Police served much the same purpose as the Texas Rangers but were intensely unpopular as their ranks included former African American slaves.
29 kwi 2024 · Texas creates what was later to become the Texas Rangers, the oldest statewide law enforcement agency in America. 1857 The City of Baltimore becomes the first police department to issue pistols to their officers.
On August 10, 1935, when the Texas Legislature created the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers and the Texas Highway Patrol became members of this agency, with statewide law enforcement jurisdiction.
1836 The Fall of the Alamo, Evacuation, and Executions. 1836 The Battle of San Jacinto; Texas wins independence. 1836 The Republic of Texas. 1839 Austin becomes capital of Texas. 1839 Texas adopts Lone Star flag. 1846 Texas annexed to the United States. 1846 The Beginning of the U.S.-Mexican War.
This rare law enforcement badge is a symbol of the first policing opportunities available to African Americans in Texas, other than the famous Buffalo Soldier regiments. Following the Civil War, employment opportunities for newly-freed African Americans were limited in scope.
