Howard Williams,
Chief of Police
Hwilliams@sanmarcostx.gov
Contact Us
512.753.2190 FAX
Financial Crimes
Financial crime is a growing trend across the United States and also in the San Marcos community. The San Marcos Police Department Criminal Investigations Division actively investigates reported financial crimes of all types including Identity Theft, Credit Card Fraud and Check Forgery. These investigations are often very complex and require a significant amount of research. Due to privacy laws and regulations, it often takes a Detective weeks or months to get information from financial institutions that you as a victim can get within days. The following is a document with a list of information needed for a Detective to conduct a thorough investigation for your case.
SMPD Year in Review
Police Chief Howard Williams and his command staff recently presented the annual “Year in Review” recently highlighting achievements, service, outreach and awards for the San Marcos Police Department. The program covers honors and awards, crime statistics, 911 service calls, crime prevention, school resource officers, parking, juvenile investigations, criminal investigations, special events, day and night shift activities, narcotics cases, and the annual racial profiling and use of force reports. Chief Williams also introduced a new web map that highlights incidents investigated by San Marcos Police. Enter the San Marcos zip code of 78666 to see the updates on the map.
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Neighborhood Update Map: http://www.myneighborhoodupdate.net/
Extended Bar Hours
At a regular meeting August 19, 2008, the City Council voted to place on the November general election ballot a non-binding referendum that would authorize the City Council to adopt an ordinance extending the hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to 2:00 a.m. During the general election November 4, 2008, San Marcos voters approved the non-binding referendum. At a workshop session December 2, 2008, the Council directed City Manager Rick Menchaca to study possible implications of extending the hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages to ensure that the City was prepared. Mr. Menchaca assembled a task force to assist in identifying potential problems and finding resolutions for those issues. >>View the Interim Report on Extended Bar Hours
The ACT (Achieving Community Together) Campaign is a collaborative effort of the City of San Marcos and Texas State University to work together on common values, mission, and goals. Formed in June 2008, ACT is the result of innovative problem-solving and citizen participation. The focus of ACT is to promote positive relations between students and long-term residents through education, community connectedness, and resources. Together we can create an environment respectful of everyone.
The Community Alert page has been developed to allow an opportunity to resolve concerns between city and student residents and ensure compliance with local and state rules and laws. Requests made to Community Alert will on average take approximately 2-4 working days before the student(s) will be contacted. If there is an emergency situation, please contact the San Marcos Police Department. Report a concern
Noise, Gathering Rules Take Effect
New noise and unruly gathering rules took effect in San Marcos May 12, 2009 with the goal of reducing the incidents of loud party complaints and easing the collision of lifestyles in a university town.
>>Click here for the Story >> Party Tips
>> Highlights >> the Ordinance
Fingerprinting Services are Available
The fingerprinting schedule has now changed to a new schedule effective Feb. 04, 2009. Fingerprinting services are now available:
Mondays & Wednesdays
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Fee $5.00 per person
Citizens must provide fingerprint card
About the San Marcos Police Department
The San Marcos Police Department, an Equal Employment Opportunity
Employer, is comprised of 82 sworn Officers and 25 civilian employees.
San Marcos is a Chapter 143 Civil Service City under the State/Local
Government Code.
All personal safety equipment and uniforms, except boots/shoes,
are provided by the department. The Police Department has a take-home
Personal Patrol Vehicle policy for all regular Officers.
In addition to promotional opportunities, the San Marcos Police
Department has a variety of other programs for Officers seeking
diversification and career development. Programs such as K-9, Crime
Prevention, Downtown (Foot/Bike) Patrol, Criminal Investigations,
Narcotics Investigations, Juvenile Investigation, School Resource
Officer, Training Instructors and many other special projects and
assignments provide interesting new challenges for our Police Officers.
The San Marcos Police Department has a state-of-the-art training
facility with classrooms, physical fitness center, twelve position
computer controlled shooting range, and a 125,000 sq. ft driving
track.
For information concerning an application for employment, contact
the Human Resources Department at (512) 393-8060.
The new Motorcycle Unit is improving traffic enforcement throughout San Marcos. L-R are Officers Danny Castillo, Delton Duggins and Ed Bradshaw. |
