Sheriff Garcia Unveils Anti-Crime Resource. Read More »
Hurricane Season 2010 is upon us. Please take the time to prepare, plan, and stay informed. Read More »
Sheriff Garcia announces the beginning of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Read More »
As a Harris County resident, you should expect your sheriff to be a visible part of the community who works every day to make our communities safer. Read More »
Houston Chronicle—August 31st, 2010
Effie Skinner is a tiny woman, but she's never been a shrinking violet.
Denied a police job because she was too short, the 5-foot-tall Skinner marched into the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Her orange Afro bespeaking confidence, lips beguiling cops and cons alike with the familiar salutation, "Hey, Baby!," Skinner quickly became a department legend. Read More »
Office of Sheriff Adrian Garcia—August 25th, 2010
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, son and brother of immigrants and supervisor of one of the nation’s largest programs for identifying suspected illegal immigrants in jail, today praised and challenged more than 1,700 newly naturalized U.S. citizens at their oath-taking ceremony. Read More »
Office of Sheriff Adrian Garcia—August 16th, 2010
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia announced today a new online tool for the public to use to find out about crime in county neighborhoods. Read More »
Adrian Garcia has made great progress on his promises to clean up the mess he inherited at the sheriff’s department. In just a short time, he has brought our much-maligned county jail into state compliance... (more).
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