- Number of children deported by U.S. into Mexico in past 7 months: 90, 000
- Rate of children abandoned by parents in the U.S. after they are deported: 1 child for every 3 adults
- Number of weapons recovered at scene of Saturday’s constable involved shooting: 1 (KVIA news- Sunday evening broadcast)
- Number of local law enforcement agencies that the constable involved in latest shooting resigned from while being investigated for excessive force or misconduct: 3
- Number of men who complained that same constable used excessive force on them this year: 3
More about Constables from EP County site:
Current duties of the Constable are to:
Preserve the peace and good order of their precincts, and other precincts within the county To arrest, where authorized by the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, offenders against the Penal Laws of the State of Texas, taking then without delay before the proper Magistrate or Court to be tried. To interfere without Warrant, to prevent and suppress crime within their precincts, and other precincts within the county. Arrest offenders without warrant in order that they may be taken without delay to a Magistrate or proper court for examination or trial.
In other words, the job of the Constable deals mainly with Civil Litigation but the Constable and their Deputy Constables are fully licensed Peace Officers trained and ready to deal with any type of criminal activity in the precinct.
The Constables are paid by the County, and their Law Enforcement Commissions are still carried by the Governor of the State of Texas making them state officers as they were in the early history of Texas. Constables are the only Law Enforcement mandated by the Texas Constitution, truly the Constable are “The People’s Police Officer”.
Learn about Constables- here
UPDATE- I just noticed (about an hour after my initial post) that the following post is a “gotcha” involving Google Street View and the local constables- its pure coincidence… the “gotcha” was meant to be funny.
