Law
Enforcement
ROCKPORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT
(361) 729-1111
22 full time peace officers
9 patrol officers
4 sergeants
4 detectives
1 C.I.D. Commander
1 Patrol Commander
1 Police Chief, Tim Jayroe
2 non-sworn civilians
ARANSAS
The Aransas County Sheriff’s Office is comprised of just over sixty
employees. The County Sheriff is Mark Gilliam, Chief Deputy Sheriff is Rick
McLester, and the Jail Administrator is Capt. Tina Kutach.
The Sheriff’s Office is comprised of twenty four sworn peace officers including
patrol, civil process/warrants, court baliffs and transport deputies. There are
six reserve Deputy Sheriffs that serve the Sheriff on a voluntary basis. The
agency is also made up of five criminal investigators, and a jail staff of
approximately 31, including corrections officers, and two nurses, which are
assigned to the new 160 bed county detention center. The agency also employees
civilian employees which include an administrative assistant, a civil process clerk, a highway
patrol secretary and three animal officers.
The Sheriff’s Office is also home to the Aransas County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse
which is made up of approx. twelve volunteer horsemen who assist the Sheriff’s
Office in rounding up stray live stock and assist in crime prevention
presentations in local schools.
The Sheriff’s Office is located in the public safety center 714 E. Concho St. in
Rockport. The main phone number for the Sheriff’s Office is 361-729-2222 (24 hr.
dispatch), 361-790-0107 (Sheriff's Admin. Assistant), Fax 361-790-0164, and the
county jail can be reached at 361-790-0168.
FIRE
DEPARTMENTS (3),
Volunteers – 112
Fire
Trucks – 26 (Rockport-13,
Stations
– 8
Departments are supported through city and county funding, community efforts,
donations and special events.
Service
provided is countywide.
Mutual aid agreements are in place with 9 surrounding communities.
OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AREA
Texas
Department of Public Safety (361) 729-2222
State Fire Marshal Investigator (361) 729-2222
3 Highway Patrol Troopers are assigned Aransas County as well as an Investigator with the State Fire Marshal's office. These state police officers also work out of the Public Safety Center at 714 E. Concho St. in Rockport
Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department
715
S. Bus Hwy
35, Rockport (361) 790-0312
State wide jurisdiction, assigned to regions then specific
Regional Office (361)
790-0308
Wildlife Division
1
Regional Director
1 Regional Office Manager
1
Interpretative Specialist
1
Administrative Technician
District
Office (361) 790-0312
Law Enforcement Division
1
District Captain
8 Game Wardens
Parks
Regional Division (361) 790-0303
1 Regional
Director
1
Office Manager
1
Main Specialist
1
Ad Tech
1
Clerk
Coastal
Fisheries Division – Marine Laboratory and Maintenance Shop
1 Regional Director
1 Science Director
3 Administrative Technicians
5 Maintenance Shop
8 Biologists, Conservation Scientists and 9 Technicians
Crime
Stoppers of Aransas County, Inc. (361) 729-TIPS
Governed by a board of directors, this organization adopted through resolution
was approved by the City of