ASH WEDNESDAY - The Chincano Squad - The Story of Houston PDs First Bilingual Homicide Team

The Gray Line, The Story Behind The Blue Line, is a law enforcement podcast discussing numerous topics. If you love God, Family, Country, Whiskey, and a Great Cigar, Ash Wednesday is for you. Have a cigar and a cold drink with Retired Phoenix Police Detective Bobby Arce and San Diego Police Detective Sergeants Doug Collier and David Contreras every Wednesday at 6 pm (PST). They are three former law enforcement gunslingers who interview past, present, and future gunslingers. All the episodes start with an introductory video and song. This episode is on the Houston Police Department's first bilingual Homicide Team. Forty-five years ago, a group of bilingual Houston police officers broke police barriers by becoming the first Hispanic unit in the nation. Our panel will discuss how they came to become detectives assigned to a major metropolitan police Homicide Unit. We will hear about their struggles, battles, crime in the 1970s, big-city crime, and success in solving many unsolved, unworked murder cases in Houston.