Issues
Education
The education of our children is of paramount importance. With the recent necessity of children being at home because of the pandemic, their education has suffered as a consequence. As Justice of the Peace, I will be responsible for hearing many truancy cases. I believe it is the parents' job to make decisions for the welfare of their children and I will do my best to work with parents and the schools to ensure our children attend school and proceed on the path to successful adulthood.
Law Enforcement
Safer communities help preserve our way of life. I will make it my mission in life to be available to law enforcement whenever needed. As a licensed attorney and with 26 years of police experience, I feel as though I am uniquely more qualified than my competitors. First, under Texas law and as an example, a licensed attorney-justice of the peace would be allowed by law to sign evidentiary search warrants for the withdrawal of blood on driving while intoxicated cases. Many of these cases unfortunately end in fatalities and the necessity for timely evidence submission by police officers is paramount. Our section of the county does not have the availability of magistrates as is near Cleburne where the county jail is located. Also, I have written numerous arrest and search warrants as a police officer and am well aware of the procedural and substantive requirements for those warrants. As an Internal Affairs investigator for the Fort Worth Police Department, I have seen both sides of the coin with regard to the rights of citizens and the necessity for aggressive police tactics. Law enforcement will be encouraged by my office to aggressively hunt criminal offenders yet be mindful of the rights of our citizens.
Preserving Legacies
The Honorable Pat Jacobs has served for over 27 years as Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3 and has blazed a bright trail to follow. As being the JP during the current COVID-19 pandemic, she was forced to work smarter as well as harder. I will continue to follow in her footsteps by being fiscally conservative, continue to utilize efficient methods of court operation and strive to learn better, more efficient methods to maintain an orderly and efficient court to better serve the needs of our citizens. If elected, professionalism and judicial fairness will be the stamped hallmarks of my court.
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