The Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas is pleased to announce the "Newly Elected Constable School." A recent act by the Texas Legislature has mandated that "a newly appointed or elected constable shall complete the initial training program for new constables not later than the second anniversary of that individual's appointment or election as constable." This mandate "applies only to an individual newly appointed or elected as constable who takes office on or after January 1, 2006." LEMIT is honored to be hosting this training for newly elected or appointed constables of the State of Texas.

To better explain:

• This training is solely for newly elected or appointed constables of the State of Texas that took office on or after January 1, 2006 and those constables who are required to complete this training have two years from that first day in office to complete the training.
• The term "newly elected or appointed" means first time on the job as a constable; constables who continue to win re-election while they are newly elected, do not qualify for this course nor do they need it because they have been on the job of constable before.
• If constables have held the office of constable anytime in the past and return to being a constable either elected or appointed after employment elsewhere, they do not have to take this course nor do they qualify.
• If you consider yourself fairly new to the job of constable but took office before January 1, 2006, you are not required to attend this course; however, if you would like to attend, please contact us about possible registration.
• Once a newly elected or appointed constable completes this training, they will never have to take this course again.

The NEC school will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning and will conclude no later than 12:00 noon of that Friday. Each day will have instruction from 08:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a one hour working lunch break from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

The course curriculum is: Role and Duties of a Constable, Internal and External Liabilities, TLETS/TCIC/NCIC, Intergovernmental Relations, Ethics, Courtroom Security, Citations, Evictions, Writs, and Office Operations.

This training is completely free of charge for those who are mandated to attend. LEMIT will provide complimentary morning, lunch, and evening meals, snacks, classroom materials, and lodging if your travel distance is over 30 miles from the training site.

Travel reimbursement is dependent on means of travel:

• personal vehicles: constable will be reimbursed for mileage at the state rate
• county and agency vehicles: travel reimbursement only if gasoline is at personal expense
• air travel: for those traveling in from over 250 miles, you may be reimbursed for air travel however, the ticket must be coach and must be scheduled no later than 14 days prior to the flight.
• rental cars will not be reimbursed or paid for by LEMIT
• parking: parking is provided in the University Hotel parking lot or the lot north of the LEMIT building free of charge, parking stickers will be provided.

We are excited about this training opportunity and look forward to hosting constables of the State of Texas.

A link to the registration form is below. Please complete and fax back to

(936) 294-1387.

Call for information on the next class.

Important links:

Registration Form

For Information on This Training Please Contact:

Project Coordinator:

Cary Young
(936) 294-4756
cryoung@shsu.edu