The Texanist
December 12, 2023
The Texanist: Do Texas Sheriffs Ever Remove Their Hats Indoors?
A Brenham man wonders why, in contravention of common custom, those Stetsons never seem to get doffed.
Sheriffs
Politics & Policy
April 17, 2018
Speaking Truth to the Powerful
A small-town sheriff took on his president and his governor and learned that facts can get in the way of a good political narrative.
Books
October 17, 2017
The Legend of One of the Deadliest Men in South Texas
Meet one of the most dangerous lawmen in town in an exclusive excerpt from James P. McCollom’s 'The Last Sheriff in Texas: A True Tale of Violence and the Vote.'
Politics & Policy
February 2, 2017
Abbott Wants to ICE Sheriffs over Sanctuary Cities
Do sheriffs have to comply with sanctuary city regulations?
The Culture
April 30, 2009
Juan Muñoz, Sheriff’s Deputy
Muñoz is a native of El Paso who has been with the sheriff’s department for eight years.In the sheriff’s department you start out working in the jail, and then you take a test to come out on patrol. I’ve been a patrol officer since 2004. Back in January of last
Web Exclusive
July 31, 2006
Down and Out
Writer-at-large Cecilia Ballí talks about former Cameron county sheriff Conrado Cantu.
True Crime
July 31, 2006
The Bad Guy With the Badge
How Conrado Cantu, the sheriff of Cameron County, lived down to people’s expectations of South Texas law enforcement.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1998
The Fall of the Last Patrón.
Even by South Texas standards, the undoing of Starr County sheriff Eugenio Falcón, Jr., was one for the books.
News & Politics
December 1, 1996
Kaiser on a Roll
Nothing can stop Sheriff Frances Kaiser: not cancer, not grisly murder cases, and certainly not the good old boys of Kerr County.
Texas History
November 1, 1984
Howdy, Son. I’m the Law in This County
These fourteen Texas sheriffs are everything you thought a sheriff ought to be. But look quick; the old-time county lawman is riding off into the sunset.