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2. Constable (Texas) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Sheriffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The duties of a Texas Sheriff generally include providing law enforcement services to residents, keeping the county jail, providing bailiffs for the county and district courts within the county, and in some cases serving process issued therefrom (the office of the constable is responsible for most civil process).

4. Refusing to assist a police officer - Wikipedia

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   A person being required in the name of the state by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, high bailiff, deputy bailiff or constable, who neglects or refuses to assist such an officer in the execution of his office, in a criminal cause, or in the preservation of the peace, or in the apprehension and securing of a person for a breach of the peace, or in a ...

5. The judge and constable disagreed. Then the constable ... - AOL

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   The conflict led to an Oct. 17 court order from Roper declaring that Hatch "is unable to perform the duties of Constable." The judge, who was first elected in 2014, ordered the constables of ...

6. Barnes v. Felix - Wikipedia

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   Barnes v. Felix is a pending United States Supreme Court case on excessive force claims under the Fourth Amendment. [1] [2] The court will decide whether courts should apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine, which looks only at the narrow window in which a police officer's safety was threatened to determine whether his actions were reasonable, in evaluating claims that police officers ...

7. Body cam footage and an 824-page report: An officer's effort ...

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   An 824-page file details an officer’s attempt to prosecute librarians in Granbury, Texas, amid a nationwide battle over the books children are allowed to read.

8. Constables in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2000, there were 2,630 full-time deputies and 418 reserve deputies working for the 760 constables' offices in Texas. Of this number, 35% were primarily assigned to patrol, 33% to serving process, 12% to court security, and 7% to criminal investigations. The Harris County Precinct 4 and 5 Constables' Offices are the largest constables ...

9. Texas county to pay female constable deputies $1.5 ... - AOL

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   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 ...