The Texas Rangers, a legendary law enforcement agency, was formally proposed after more than a decade of 'ranging' across the frontier to protect settlers, on Oct. 17, 1835.
The Texas Rangers, an elite state law-enforcement agency that enjoys a legendary image in wider American culture, was formally proposed on this day in history, Oct. 17, 1835. 'The Rangers are part of the history and mythology of the Old West,' writes the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum in Waco, which claims the Rangers are the oldest state law-enforcement agency in North America.
Perhaps most notably, Texas Ranger Frank Hamer led the police posse that gunned down Depression-era gangsters and Texas natives Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. The couple was killed in Louisiana. 'The Rangers have been called one of the most effective investigative law enforcement agencies in the world.' The lawman was also known for his efforts to battle the Ku Klux Klan in Texas. Hamer biographer John Boessenecker claims the Ranger's efforts prevented 15 lynchings.
The agency has just 162 commissioned Rangers assisted by 60 full-time support personnel, according to the Texas Rangers Association Foundation. Their mission today, the foundation reports, is to 'lead criminal investigative responsibility for the following: major incident crime investigations, unsolved crime/serial crime investigations, public corruption and public integrity investigations, officer involved shooting investigations and border security operations.
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