[2] Governor Edmund J. Davis, in order to combat crime statewide in Texas, formed the Texas Special Police on July 22, 1870[2] There were 30 Special Police Officers (SPO) assigned as auxiliary officers throughout the state.
[1] On Friday, October 6, 1871, Special Policemen Green Paramore and John Lackey went to a general store in Nopal in Gonzales County to arrest the outlaw John Wesley Hardin.
Officer Lackey opened fire but Hardin shot him four times before fleeing.
[2] Green Paramore, was the only Texas Special Police officer killed in the line of duty.
He was shot down by John Wesley Hardin[4][1] Paramore was survived by his wife and three children.