You're a lawyer, so the following link might shed more light for you than the average person.JALLEN wrote:Hopefully it doesn't "take a village!"JP171 wrote:A Constable is an elected position, the deputy constable are hired employees of the precinct constable. they are certified and sworn peace officers just like any other leo. Constables are primarily warrent and process servers for the local Justice of the peace, in some districts they do traffic enforcement, also some are hired by contract to do traffic duty on such things as toll roads and patrol within gated communities. they are also contracted to do the law enforcement many times within what is called a village here in Texas
Is it a full time position? I assume one has to be eligible to be a sworn officer, no rap-sheet etc. Maybe they don't elect folks who have rap sheets in Texas. Isn't that refreshing?
Remember Mayor Marion Berry in Washington, D.c., the first elected official in history to ride to his inauguration in a limo bearing license plates he had made? Sorry, I digress.
Is there one in every precinct? How big is a precinct?
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