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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.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics ' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,913 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state.
Constables and their deputies may serve civil process in any precinct in their county and any contiguous county and can serve warrants anywhere in the state. The duties of a Texas constable generally include providing bailiffs for the justice of the peace courts within their precinct and serving process issued therefrom and from any other court ...
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 ...
May 13—It took a while, Brazos County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Rick Hill said, but he was determined to see Johnson County Precinct 1 Constable Matt Wylie honored in his own county.
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) is government body of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, authorized to conduct examinations for appointments to various Group C and Group D posts under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Last October, the Commerce Department reduced the types of semiconductors that American companies can sell to China, citing the desire to close loopholes in regulations announced in 2022.
The jurisdiction of the Harris County Sheriff's Office often overlaps with several other law enforcement agencies, among them the Texas Highway Patrol, the eight Harris County Constable Precincts, and several municipal police agencies including the city of Houston Police Department. The duties of a Texas sheriff generally include keeping the ...