H.R. No. 1678
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Ron Hickman, Harris County Precinct 4 constable, has
been named the National Constable of the Year by the National
Constables and Marshals Association, marking the second occasion
that he has received this prestigious accolade; and
WHEREAS, First elected to serve Precinct 4 in 2000, Constable
Hickman has helped to build what is now one of the largest
constable's departments in the United States; he has developed a
number of task forces and units, including those enforcing
emissions standards, battling human trafficking, and addressing
technological crime; he was named Texas Constable of the Year in
2006 and first chosen as National Constable of the Year in 2007; and
WHEREAS, Constable Hickman entered the Houston Police
Department as a cadet in 1971, was a search and rescue diver with
the department's dive team and served as a dive master and
coordinator for nearly 10 years, and was also part of the
department's bomb squad; and
WHEREAS, He became a patrol deputy in the constable's
department in 1983 and was soon promoted to sergeant with
responsibility over the communications office; in that capacity, he
contributed to the establishment of a consolidated, computer-aided
dispatching system, and he built a local area network for the
office; he has further benefited the constable's department by
advancing the electronic warrant and electronic citation programs
and other technological systems; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of Alabama and the Law
Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State
University, Constable Hickman has served as an information
technology instructor at the institute; he is the vice chair of the
local executive board for the Greater Houston Regional Computer
Forensic Lab and a member of the FBI's National Steering Committee
for its regional computer lab program; and
WHEREAS, Constable Hickman has shared his time and talents as
chair of a committee of the Texas Supreme Court Process Server
Review Board, as president of the Justices of the Peace and
Constables Association of Texas, as president of the Sam Houston
State University Leadership Command College Alumni Association,
and as a member of committees of the Tomball Hospital Board of
Directors; he has received awards from the Houston Northwest
Chamber of Commerce and the Polaris District of the Boy Scouts of
America; and
WHEREAS, An exemplary peace officer and elected official, Ron
Hickman has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the residents
of Harris County for more than four decades, and he is indeed
deserving of recognition; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Ron Hickman on his selection as the
National Constable of the Year by the National Constables and
Marshals Association and extend to him sincere best wishes for
continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Constable Hickman as an expression of high regard by
the Texas House of Representatives.
Harless
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1678 was adopted by the House on April
30, 2013, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House