Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12

During all those years, the news of the day may
have changed but the one constant was that
cops were always complaining about something.
Their new sergeant was a jerk. The new captain
changed everyone’s days off. Or the new sheriff is
changing EVERYTHING. Our cars are crap, and we
need new ones. The new cars suck and don’t have
half the power the old ones did. Bring back the
Hemi’s. The BLUES covered it all. Good and Bad. Every
single month without fail. Yes, those were the
good ole days for sure.
But in January of 1988, after three years of telling
it like it was, my boss Johnny Klevehagen decided
he had enough of Michael Barron’s BLUES crap and
was going to put an end to it once and for all.
He summoned me to his office and said I was to
cease and desist with the newspaper, if I wanted
to keep my job that is. I excused myself from his
office and called the union attorney who said to
keep my mouth shut until he got there.
After several minutes of them screaming at each
other, I was told not to deliver papers ‘inside’ any
county buildings and if I was “caught” working on
The Blues during my shift I would be fired.
Thinking I dodged a bullet I returned to the Humble
Substation to learn I had been transferred to
the night shift and oh yeah, your new days off are
Monday and Wednesday. I was told in the history
of the Harris County SO, no one had ever had
non-consecutive days off ... EVER !
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