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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 2,795 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state.
Constables serve protective orders, summons and subpoenas, court orders, service of process, writs and arrest warrants, and act as court bailiffs. Constables are peace officers, but in Arizona do not perform general police functions such as patrols or criminal investigations. However, by virtue of their peace officer status, a constable may be ...
Tony Jackson, the constable for Lubbock County's Precinct 4, on Wednesday submitted his letter of resignation to the county judge.
As federal and local law enforcement conducts an operation in South Lubbock, the public is asked to avoid an area. According to the Lubbock police, the department assisted the U.S. Marshal in ...
UK (London and south east) comic/derogatory reference to officer using speed trap gun. [citation needed] Bull Railroad police in the US, most prevalent in the first half of the 20th century. [citation needed] Bulle German for 'bull'. Slang for police officer, often derogatory. Bullerei and the plural Bullen refer to the police as a whole. [11] [12]
The list of candidates who filed applications for Nueces County office or state offices representing part of Nueces County, as shown on the Texas Secretary of State’s website, include:
The Lubbock metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the South Plains region of West Texas, United States, that covers three counties – Crosby, Lubbock, and Lynn. As of the 2010 census , the Lubbock MSA had a population of 290,805, though a 2019 estimate placed the population at 322,257, [ 2 ] which ranks it the 157th ...