The most famous person from Schertz is alt-country-rocker Steve Earle, who grew up in the town.

In 1988, the half-brother of Osama bin Laden and then patriarch of the bin Laden family, Salem bin Laden, perished in a crash of a light plane in Schertz, described as a " freak accident " by Schertz officials.

Salem bin Laden died on May 29, 1988 when he accidentally drifted into high voltage electrical power lines adjacent to the Kitty Hawk Field of Dreams Ultra-Lite Flying Field at the edge of Schertz, a northeastern San Antonio suburb.

Maj. Gen Vojvodich died at his home in Schertz, Texas after suffering from leukemia.

Schertz is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties in the U. S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area.

On July 16, 2007 CNNMoney. com rated Schertz one of the best places to live in the United States.

In Texas, Schertz was ranked # 1 ; Nationwide it came in at # 40.

A major suburb of San Antonio, Schertz is the largest city of the Randolph Metrocom, which consists of towns and cities surrounding the Randolph Air Force Base.

In addition to Schertz, other Randolph Metrocom communities include Live Oak, Kirby, Converse, Marion, Cibolo, Universal City, Windcrest, Garden Ridge, and Selma.

Since the late 1990s, Schertz has witnessed unprecedented growth.

The first settlers came to Schertz around 1843.

Some of the families on the immediate land surrounding Schertz were the Boettigers, Schertzs, Schneiders, Seilers, Maskes, and Mergeles.

Members of the Schertz family still reside in the City.

The first name of Schertz was " Cibolo Pit ," then " Cut Off ;" thus named because when the Cibolo Creek flooded, the settlement was cut off.

In 1870, the first gin was built by the Schertz family.

The land for the school was donated by Mr. Adolph Schertz.

In 1876, one of the largest boosts to Schertz came when the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad was built through the town.

At that time Schertz was still known as Cut Off.

In 1899 it officially became Schertz, Texas.

Sebastian Schertz owned and operated a general store when the railroad was constructed.

The rockcrusher was at one time located in the Cibolo Creek across from the public utilities of the City of Schertz.

The first church in Schertz is the present day United Methodist Church on First Street.

One of the oldest business buildings, the red brick building on Main Street, was built by Mr. Willie Schertz.

On the site of the present day Schertz Bank, a two story hotel, a five room hospital and drug store complex was built in 1909.

Police have subsequently been accused of brutality, torture and interference with the non-violent protests as a collateral damage provoked by the clash between the law enforcement ranks themselves and the more violent and brutal fringes of protesters, who repeatedly hid themselves amongst peaceful protesters of all ages and backgrounds.

The A. D. Police are an elite group of highly trained and specially equipped police officers, who have been formed to deal with terrorist activities and Boomer crimes in the city of Mega Tokyo.

" After he'd been jailed by the Harlingen Police, Martha had the judge put Haley in the hospital where he was seen by a psychiatrist who said Bill's brain was overproducing a chemical, like adrenaline.

The Chicago Police Department made numerous arrests, and the extensive damage to the field forced the White Sox to forfeit the second game to the Detroit Tigers, who had won the first game.

His plans for a new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his father, a retired detective from the Seattle Police Department, Martin ( Mahoney ), who is unable to live by himself after being shot in the line of duty during a robbery.

The Thought Police are those who suppress all dissenting opinion.

Gun ownership is accessible only for those persons with ' genuine reasons ' who can obtain a Permit to Acquire from local Police stations.

Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of SS national leader, Heinrich Himmler who in 1936 was appointed Chief of German Police ( Chef der Deutschen Polizei ) by Hitler.

However Himmler, who had been appointed Chef der Deutschen Polizei ( Chief of German Police ) by Hitler, controlled the SS, the Gestapo, the Orpo ( uniformed police ) and all investigation units.

The local offices of the Gestapo, known as Stapostellen and Stapoleitstellen, answered to a local commander known as the Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (" Inspector of the Security Police and Security Service ") who, in turn, was under the dual command of Referat N of the Gestapo and also his local SS and Police Leader.

Each parish as an Honorary Police force of elected, unpaid civilians who exercise police and prosecution powers.

He died alongside the body of Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police Leader and commander of all SS troops in Norway, who had shot himself earlier.

Police could not identify any fingerprints on the devices other than those of the officers who had disarmed them ; however, Soliah's fingerprint, handwriting and signature were identified on a letter sent to order a fuse that could only be used for bomb-making purposes, and components matching those used in the police car bombs were found in a locked closet at the Precida Avenue hideout that Soliah lived in with the other members of SLA.

Police initially thought the skull was that of Malika Reyn-Bardt, who had disappeared in 1960 and was the subject of an ongoing investigation.

* In Police Your Planet ( 1975 ) by Lester Del Rey, a disgraced, embittered Earth cop is exiled to a Mars that has been thoroughly corrupted by domed city life-he who controls the air machinery, makes the rules.

McVeigh was also identified by Lea McGown of the Dreamland Motel, who remembered him parking a large yellow Ryder truck in the lot ; McVeigh had signed in under his real name at the motel, using an address that matched the one on his forged license and the charge sheet at the Perry Police Station.

The former Chilean Secret Police Chief, Manuel Contreras, who, as previously mentioned, was convicted for his role in the crime in 1993 and later pointed the finger at his boss, claimed that all his orders came from Pinochet.

Over time, " New Wave " acquired a distinct meaning: Bands such as Blondie and Talking Heads from the CBGB scene ; The Cars, who emerged from the Rat in Boston ; The Go-Go's in Los Angeles ; and The Police in London that were broadening their instrumental palette, incorporating dance-oriented rhythms, and working with more polished production were specifically designated " New Wave " and no longer called " punk ".

During this time, an American Marine got lost in the former French quarter of Panama City, ran a roadblock, and was killed by Panamanian Police ( who were then a part of the Panamanian Military ).

These police are often referred to as " Bobbies " or " Peelers " after Sir Robert ( Bobby ) Peel, who introduced the Police Act.

In film, Team America: World Police includes a character who plays a lead role in Lease, a Broadway musical parody of Rent ; the finale song is " Everyone has AIDS !";.

The Metropolitan Police senior management team, who oversee the service, is based at New Scotland Yard, along with the Met's crime database.

* After 7: 00 a. m .: Port Authority Police Officer John McLoughlin, who was in an underground corridor between the two towers when the South Tower collapsed, is pulled alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center.

This was challenged by the Metropolitan Police, who felt that they owned the rights to the police box image.