Monthly Public Safety Report – October 2023
We report to the City Council each month on department activities. We also make that report accessible to the community. Here’s the report for last month.
November 20, 2023
New & Updated Public Safety Facilities
The City is researching the construction of a new Aransas Pass Fire station and an overhaul remodel of the Police Department. The goal is to accommodate City growth, improve health for first responders, and adapt
Past 24 Hours of APPD Activities
Stay up to date with your police department. The attached activity blotter is a list of our police related activities for the last 24 hours. Police Activity Blotter_v3.pdf
Lieutenant Helio Garcia was killed when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Flat Shoals Road close to Connell Road.
Lieutenant Garcia was on patrol...
K9 Chico was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Interstate 10 East at 12:50 a.m.
K9 Chico and his handler had completed a traffic stop with a K9 deployment...
Deputy Sheriff Melissa Pollard was killed when her cruiser collided with the back of a semi-truck at the intersection of FM 14 and State Highway 37-S, between Quitman and Winnsboro,...
K9 Blitz was shot while apprehending a suspect who fled from officers during a traffic stop.
Officers attempted to stop a vehicle on U.S. Highway 74 for fictitious plates. The...
Deputy Sheriff Will May was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance at the Dollar General Market at 10738 US-90 in Defuniak Springs.
Around 2:00 p.m., Deputy May arrived...
Police Officer Osmar Rodarte was shot and killed while serving a search warrant at Kestrel Court in Olivehurst at 7:50 a.m.
Law enforcement officers were serving 20 drug trafficking search...
Sergeant Grant Candies was killed by the driver fleeing a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Slidell near the Oak Harbor exit.
The driver was driving recklessly without a tag on...
Deputy Sheriff Hector Cuevas was killed when his patrol car struck a pole at the intersection of El Evado and Seneca roads just before 11 a.m.
Deputy Cuevas was in pursuit...
K9 Azi was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a subject who barricaded himself in a hotel room at the Red Roof Inn at 1300 North Central Expressway in...
Sergeant Joseph Azcona was shot and killed while investigating illegal weapons possession at the corner of Carteret Street and Broadway in Newark.
At 6:37 p.m. Sergeant Azcona and another officer...
