Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Officers with the Harris County Constable's Office pulled over Christopher Pedlar, DDS for speeding, then discovered more than 100 canisters of laughing gas in his car (Harris County Constable ...
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 ...
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; Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division; Naval ...
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 ...
Felix, a Harris County Constable's Office traffic enforcement officer, pulled Barnes over on April 28, 2016, because the rented Toyota Corolla he was driving on a highway had outstanding toll ...
Harris County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit was awarded six K9s trained in narcotics searches and patrols. One K9 trained in narcotics was awarded to Harris County Constable Precinct 4 K9 Unit. [11] K9s Brody, Hyro and Moja were awarded to the Houston Police Department K9 Unit, two of the K9s are trained for patrol and one in explosives searches. [12]