The Son who Inspired Song ‘Daddy was a Lawman’ now following Dad’s Footsteps as an HPD officer

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy is a long-time Houston journalist now serving as editor of the Badge & Gun, the monthly online magazine of thebHouston Police Officers Union. A columnist for The Houston Post (RIP), Kennedy is an author, historian, and book editor, having recently edited a true crime memoir, Special Crimes, by retired Harris County DA investigator Kenny Rodgers. Kennedy also owns Tom Kennedy's Collectibles, a sports memorabilia store at the Antique Center of Texas.