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Vote for Van Pelt
For more than three decades, I have served the citizens of Harris County as a law enforcement professional. Now, I want to use my experience, education, and leadership to serve the citizens of Harris County, Precinct Five, as your next Constable.

Efficient Use of Resources
In a climate of budget cuts and reduction of services, we must adapt and maximize the existing resources in order to provide the services necessary to keep our community safe and secure. Reducing wasteful spending and increasing revenues, while keeping in mind the tax-paying citizens’ interests, will always be a priority. Cooperation, not competition, between law enforcement agencies is one of many ways to accomplish this goal. Now, more than ever, all agencies must learn to work together toward common goals of serving the community and keeping our citizens safe and out of harms way.

Developing Trust in the Community
Your elected Constable should be accessible and available to address the concerns of the citizens of Precinct Five.  When elected, I will hold regularly scheduled town hall and Constable Interactions Group meetings, where the citizens can share ideas and problems face to face with their Constable.   

Safe Neighborhoods and Communities
The Contract Deputy Program is the essence of Community Oriented Policing. Not only do I want to continue this program, I want to develop closer ties within the Precinct’s neighborhoods and communities. I will accomplish this by identifying the uniquely different problems that are so often inherent to the diverse neighborhoods or communities within the Precinct. I will ensure that my staff is properly trained to develop comprehensive strategic plans of action whereby both the Constable’s Office and the citizens within that area of concern have input and, most importantly, get results. I am committed to being a good steward of the public’s tax dollars and maximizing precious resources, while making our communities safer and improving everyone’s quality of life. I deeply believe that Community Oriented Policing builds trust between the communities we serve and the Deputy Constables who serve within the precinct. When elected as your Constable, I will build upon that trust every day.

Create a Positive Work Environment
In accordance with the State of Texas Local Government Code, by statute, personnel who are employed by the Constable’s Office are classified as being “at will” employees.  This means that employees can be terminated from employment at any time and for almost any reason.  This unfettered ability of the Constable to terminate tenured employees “at will” can place unnecessary stress upon the hard working deputies who feel their jobs could be in jeopardy for a minor infraction and/or just making the wrong person angry at them.  This is particularly true during these critical and difficult financial times.  I never have, and do not currently, believe such conditions are conducive nor compatible with a progressive and developing professional law enforcement agency.  I deeply believe in the virtues of a professionally disciplined organization, which include establishing a fair and just system of professional development and promotions and maintaining a consistent management and leadership style that affords all personnel equal respect and treatment in the Constable’s pursuit of operational efficiency, effectiveness and in the administration of daily personnel matters.