Paul v. Houston Police Officers' Union

OPINION

SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.

Appellants Roy Paul, et al., fifty-six arson investigators employed by the Houston Fire Department, ask us to hold they are actually “police officers,” and thus include them in the City of Houston’s contract governing employees in the Houston Police Department. We hold that they are not, and affirm the summary judgment below. In 1993, the Texas Legislature shifted control of employment matters for the Houston Fire Department from the state to the local level. Under the statute, fire fighters in Houston (excluding only the department head and his assistants)…