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Zapata County Independent School District Police Department is committed to protecting the safety of students, staff and visitors on district property.
Empowerment Policy
The Zapata C.I.S.D. Board of Trustees, in accordance with the provisions of Section 37.081 of the Texas Education Code, authorized the formulation of the Zapata C.I.S.D. Police Department. It is the department’s responsibility to ensure a safe environment for the district’s students, employees, and visitors, and to provide a means of protecting the district’s property and assets.
Commissioned Officer – Defined
The Zapata C.I.S.D. Police Department Peace Officers are referred to as officer.
Employees of the department who are commissioned as peace officers are commissioned by authority, within their jurisdiction, have the powers, privileges and immunities of peace officers, may enforce all laws, including municipal ordinances, county ordinances, and state laws and may, in accordance with Chapter 52, Family Code, take a juvenile into custody.
An officer commissioned under this authority shall take and file the oath required of peace officers and shall execute and file a bond in the sum of $1,000, payable to the board of trustees, with two or more sureties, conditioned that the peace officer will fairly, impartially, and faithfully perform all the duties that may be required of the peace officer by law.
Any peace officer commissioned under this authority must meet all the minimum standards for peace officers established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education (TCOLE).
Employees of the department who are commissioned as peace officers are commissioned by authority, within their jurisdiction, have the powers, privileges and immunities of peace officers, may enforce all laws, including municipal ordinances, county ordinances, and state laws and may, in accordance with Chapter 52, Family Code, take a juvenile into custody.
An officer commissioned under this authority shall take and file the oath required of peace officers and shall execute and file a bond in the sum of $1,000, payable to the board of trustees, with two or more sureties, conditioned that the peace officer will fairly, impartially, and faithfully perform all the duties that may be required of the peace officer by law.
Any peace officer commissioned under this authority must meet all the minimum standards for peace officers established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education (TCOLE).
Police Department
Chief Raymond Moya III
Sergeant Mario H. Garcia Jr.
Officer Salvador A. Elizondo
Officer Angel Garza Jr.
Officer Luis Guerra
Officer Christopher B. Holt
Officer Jesus G. Lozano
Officer Adalberto Mejia
Officer Juan Rene Molina
Officer Rodrigo Saldivar, Jr.
Officer Andrew J. Treviño
Security Guards
Zapata High School
Sergio Garcia
Maria L. Garza
Kayce D. Hein
Bonifacio Perez
John E. Ramirez
Carmen Salinas
Iris Y. Tovar
Cipriano Villarreal (DAEP)
Zapata Middle School
Cesar Benavides
Ana L. Garza
Angel Garza, III
Isela Garza
Jesus M. Garza
Elementary Schools
Romeo Benavides, III (South Elementary)
Alberto Hinojosa (Villarreal Elementary)
Maria D. Lara (North Elementary)
Administration
Eloy R. Martinez
Night Guard
Juan Ramirez