Constables are a bigger deal than you are realizing.JALLEN wrote:Is it a full time position? I assume one has to be eligible to be a sworn officer, ....
Is there one in every precinct? How big is a precinct?
I live in Harris County Precinct 4, which has a population just over 1 million people. The Constable has eight facilities, about 25 commanding officers, hundreds of rank and file, and about a dozen divisions. They do a lot more than just warrants. They do traffic enforcement, crime scene investigation. white collar/fraud investigations, K-9 units, mounted patrol, DWI enforcement, etc. etc.
Constables are fully sworn law enforcement officers with arrest powers and authority.