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In the U.S. state of Texas, a constable is an elected law enforcement officer for a precinct of a county. Counties may have between one and eight precincts each depending on their population. The constables are provided for in the Texas Constitution of 1876 (Article 5, Section 18). The term of office for Texas constables is four years.
Constables may have additional specialized duties unique to the office. In some states the constable is an elected or appointed position at the state or local level of local government. Their jurisdiction can vary from statewide to county/parish and local township boundaries based on the state's laws.
There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and U.S. Marshals. [2]
A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they were abused and harassed when a constable's office turned undercover ...
John Kiefer dominated the Republican primary for Precinct 7 constable, finishing with 70.18% of the vote. Both Kiefer and his challenger, Irving Romero, boasted extensive law enforcement careers.
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The county tax assessor-collector assesses and collects county property taxes and local fees. The county court-at-law judge presides over the county's civil court. The justices of the Peace preside over small-claims court matters in their precincts. The county constables fill process-serving and peace-officer roles in their precincts.