In 2016 , 40 new police officers began training at the Police Academy .
The Training Center reported 60,565
hours of instruction to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement through 449 courses that were offered to officers and staff .
The Fugitive Unit cleared 662 arrest warrants for felony
offenders who were wanted on serious crimes .
The department ’ s Facebook account
grew by more than
47 percent and Twitter followers
increased by 84 percent .
The Narcotics Unit actively conducted 404 investigations , executed 24 search warrants , which resulted in the seizure of $ 47,530
dollars of illegal assets and 5 vehicles from the sale of drugs .
The Crime Prevention Unit graduated 138 residents
from the Citizens Police Academy , ACAPP , and Hispanic Citizens Police Academy .
Over 36,000 resource hours were returned to our department through our citizen volunteer program .
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