Talk:Edward Thomas (police officer)

Contested deletion
The individual received obituaries written by staff writers in the largest newspaper in his city, as well as one of the most important newspapers in the United States. That indicates notability. --Antrocent (&#9835;&#9836;) 07:09, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Significance
The Houston Police Department renamed its police headquarters building after him. That's more than enough justification for inclusion as a Wikipedia article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/15/us/edward-thomas-policing-pioneer-who-wore-a-burden-stoically-dies-at-95.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.64.30.244 (talk) 15:47, 15 August 2015 (UTC)