Halloween, and a Reading is

Fundamental event at Wooten

Elementary where deputies read

to the students. All in all, it was a

very productive year for Precinct

Five and I look forward to get

going again in 2019. We have a

lot in store!

– Carlos B. Lopez

2018 was a great year for Travis County and Precinct Five. Constable Five continues to excel, and served over 50,000 receipts of Civil Process for our Travis County Courts. Thanks to our technological advances, we are now able to communicate and serve process in a most efficient and effective way. Our Family Unit is making strides and brought in a record number (350) of defendants with arrearages in child support. Constable 5 served close to 800 protective orders involving domestic violence, assisted 28 victims of domestic violence with standbys allowing them to retrieve personal property belonging to them and their children, 25 emergency child attachments which were deemed as such by the District Courts and executed over 200 Felonies and Class A&B misdemeanors involving Assaults and Strangulation among other cases. In partnering with the Travis County Attorney’s Office, our new firearms surrender initiative has received 20 weapons for safekeeping and or destruction to date.

Our Property Unit handled over 800 Evictions and over 250 move out eviction orders issued by our Justice of the Peace Court in Precinct Five. In addition to the other Writs we executed, we also collected over $1,100,000 in unpaid taxes for Travis County by seizing and auctioning property from debtors.

Thanks to our Travis County Commissioners for approving our Disabled Parking Enforcement efforts. With the help of our deputies and 91 citizen volunteers, we issued over 2,600 citations for violations and seized 146 placards that were being used illegally.

I am especially proud of the Community

Service we have provided. In con-junction with the Travis County Attorney’s Underage Drinking Prevention Program, we spoke to over 300 students at several Precinct Five schools about the consequences of underage drinking. In addition, partnering with Meals On Wheels, Inc., our Silver Watch Program has done very well. We have been able to provide wellness checks, ensuring that those who are most vulnerable in our community are okay. By the way, congratulations to Senior Deputy Almar Saenz who, with the help of an apartment manager, entered the home of one of our Silver Watch participants, and found the resident had fallen and had been lying on the bathroom floor for at least 48 hours. The resident was rushed to the hospital where he was treated and survived. Sr. Deputy Almar was awarded the Life Saving medal by Constable Precinct Five.

I am as equally proud of all of the

other efforts too numerous to

mention. These included a school

supplies drive, Handbags for Hope,

Easter Basket drive, Special

Olympics, a National Award for

National Night Out, Trunk or Treat at

CARLOS B. LOPEZ, CONSTABLE, TRAVIS COUNTY PRECINCT 5

Winter 2019 Volume 6, Issue 1

THE COURTHOUSE CONSTABLE

Inside this issue:

Constable’s Update

Constable’s Update 1

Miss Sweetheart Pageant 2

Flooding in Central Texas 2

Paddle Parade 3

Holiday Families & Silver Santa

3

Precinct 5 Awards 4

All women deserve to feel beautiful, and those with special needs are no different. The Miss Sweetheart Special Needs Pageant treats its contestants like royalty, with makeovers and the real beauty pageant experience. It really changes lives.

The pageant is open to all ages, and is a treat for all involved. As part of our involvement with Special Olympics of Texas, Deputy Walter was on hand to help and Constable Lopez was even a judge!

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Miss Sweetheart Pageant

Historic Floods in Central Texas

It was all hands on deck when Austin experienced historic flooding around town this past fall. September was the wettest on record for rainfall in Texas. So it didn’t take much rain to fall in October for flooding to occur. The heavy rain in Central Texas and the Hill Country helped lead to this catastrophic flooding event.

Austin even issued its first ever city wide “boil water” notice, something that we won’t soon forget. Thank you to our deputies and sergeants who watched over several low water crossings around town. Also, a special thanks to CN5 deputies and staff who volunteered to hand out free drinking water around town to those who needed it most.

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Stand Up for Safe Families Paddle Parade

Holiday Families & Silver Santa

This past year CN5 adopted 13 families to share some Holiday cheer with. In addition, we adopted 17 members of our Silver Watch program and made “Silver Santa” deliveries. We are very grateful to the Calendar Club who was so generous in their donations of toys and goods. Thank you to Deputy Walter and Deputy Overdorff for picking up 125 stockings that Redeemer Lutheran Church filled for us to hand out to our families and Silver Santa recipients. Also, thank you to the CN5 Employee Association who provided H-E-B gift cards to all of our adopted families. We are thankful for the partnerships that allow us to provide this service to our community and precinct.

As part of the Austin-Travis County Family Violence Task Force we were honored to help take part in the annual Lauri Wright Stand Up For Safe Families Paddle Parade. The event was a huge success with Constable Lopez as the MC for the evening. Hundreds of folks turned out to turn Lady Bird Lake purple and show support for Family Violence Awareness. If you feel that you or a loved one may be in an abusive relationship, please call SafePlace at (512)267-7233 (SAFE).

Travis County Constable, Precinct 5 goes social! Find us on social media and don’t forget to “Like” and “Follow” us on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook: www.facebook.com/TravisCountyConstablePrecinct5 Twitter: @Constable_5

TRAVIS COUNTY CONSTABLE,

PRECINCT 5

The Courthouse Constable

Holt Building 1003 Guadalupe Austin, Texas 78701

Phone: 512.854.9100 Fax: 512.854.4228 www.constable5.com

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Precinct 5 Awards

The end of the year is always special with the holidays, spending time off with family and friends, and the CN5 annual dinner and awards celebration. We take this opportunity to acknowledge and appreciate staff for their hard work throughout the year.

For the year of 2018, Deputy Michelle Walter was named “Deputy of the Year” and clerk Rylma Burnham was named “Employee of the Year”. Congratulations to both for a great year full of hard work and dedication.