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Cinco Ranch Branch Library will RE-OPEN on Monday, March 9. 

Cinco Ranch Branch patrons with hold items available for pickup on or before March 6, 2026, currently being held at the Fulshear Branch Library, should visit the Fulshear Branch to pick up those items. If another location is more convenient, please contact the Fulshear Branch Library to have your items rerouted to your preferred pickup location.

 
Any hold requests filled after March 6 will be held at the Cinco Ranch Branch and will be available during its open hours. The pickup location will be indicated on your hold notification.

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Chicano Squad

Program Type:

Lectures, History/Genealogy

Age Group:

Teens, Adult
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Description

Dr. Natalie Garza from the Houston Community College Humanities Department will be giving a lecture on the Chicano Squad, a group of Hispanic police officers that were assigned the task of solving murders in the Hispanic communities of Houston. The  Houston Police Department plucked a few young Latino officers from patrol cars in 1979 and told them to spend 90 days solving as many murders as they could.The division’s clearance rates soared, and by the end of the year, the Chicano Squad helped solve 40 homicides. The unit is believed to be one of the first of its kind in the nation, though many others followed.