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Who are Peace Officers in Texas?

by Robert Wise

from the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 2.12

  1. sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license

  2. constables, deputy constables, and those reserve deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license

  3. marshals or police officers of an incorporated city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers who hold a permanent peace officer license

  4. rangers and officers commissioned by the Public Safety Commission and the Director of the Department of Public Safety;

  5. investigators of the district attorneys', criminal district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;

  6. law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;

  7. each member of an arson investigating unit commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;

  8. officers commissioned under Section 37.081, Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;  

  9. officers commissioned by the General Services Commission;  

  10. law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Commission;

  11. airport police officers commissioned by a city with a population of more than 1.18 million that operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;

  12. airport security personnel commissioned as peace officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;

  13. municipal park and recreational patrolmen and security officers;

  14. security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller;

  15. officers commissioned by a water control and improvement district

  16. officers commissioned by a board of trustees under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;

  17. investigators commissioned by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners;

  18. officers commissioned by the board of managers of the Dallas County Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, or the Bexar County Hospital District 

  19. county park rangers

  20. investigators employed by the Texas Racing Commission;

  21. officers commissioned under Chapter 554, Occupations Code;

  22. officers commissioned by the governing body of a metropolitan rapid transit authority, or by a regional transportation authority

  23. investigators commissioned by the attorney general 

  24. security officers and investigators commissioned as peace officers 

  25. an officer employed by the Texas Department of Health 

  26. officers appointed by an appellate court 

  27. officers commissioned by the state fire marshal 

  28. an investigator commissioned by the commissioner of insurance 

  29. apprehension specialists commissioned by the Texas Youth Commission as officers 

  30. officers appointed by the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

  31. investigators commissioned by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education 

  32. commission investigators commissioned by the Texas Commission on Private Security 

  33. the fire marshal, and any investigators commissioned by an emergency services district to assist that fire marshal

  34. the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or investigators commissioned by an emergency services district 

  35. officers commissioned by the State Board of Dental Examiners

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