Special to the Review
John Floyd has announced that he will be running for the position of Constable Precinct 4.
He will be running on the Republican ticket in the 2016 election. Floyd lives in Poynor, and has four children and two grandchildren. He has served the people of Henderson County for the past 25 years as a constable or deputy constable.
Floyd began his law enforcement career in 1990 as a Deputy Constable Pct.4 under the leadership of the late J.R. “Bob” Pickle, where he served for six years. Floyd was elected constable of Pct. 4 in 1996, and served eight years before losing the 2004 election by two votes.
Floyd worked two years as a deputy constable in Dallas County, while still serving as security officer at the LaPoynor school.
John has been a deputy constable for Pct. 1, Henderson County since 2007. His law enforcement, combined with his education, has enabled him to receive his basic, intermediate, advanced and masters peace officer license though the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Floyd is a graduate of the East Texas Police Academy at Kilgore College. He has a degree in criminal justice from Trinity Valley Community College in Athens. Floyd is a graduate of the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, and a graduate of the Texas Constable’s Leadership College at Sam Houston State.
Floyd has received thousands of hours of law enforcement training, including extensive training in execution of civil process.
Floyd has been a member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including nine years as state representative and director of the National Constables Association. Floyd served at the chairman of the 2000 National Constables Convention and training conference held in San Antonio.
Floyd is past president and director of the Lake Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce, and past president and director of the Frankston Kiwanis Club.
Other past memberships include the justice of the peace and Constables Association of Texas, The East Texas Constables Association, The Henderson County Peace Officers Association, Veterans of foreign Wars Post 5073 in Frankston and the Homicide Investigators of Texas.
Floyd has received numerous awards over the past 25 years, including the National Dean’s List of College Students, Peace Officer of the Year for the Lake Palestine Area, Extraordinary Duty/Hero Award from the National Constables Association, Outstanding Service Award from the Lake Palestine Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as certificates of appreciation from the VFW Post 5073 and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Floyd said his decision to run for constable once again comes due to the retirement announcement of incumbent Pct. 4 Constable Rick Stewart.
“Rick has served the people well, and I hope to provide the same honest, efficient and courteous service the people of Henderson County have come to expect from their constable,” Floyd said. “I have a good working relationship with my fellow officers and judges, and the various organizations represented in Pct. 4.”
While serving as constable, Floyd came in under budget every year, returning more than 10,000 taxpayer dollars to the general fund of Henderson County.
“I believe the most challenging part of being constable is doing what the State of Texas mandates us to do, what the Commissioners Court expects us to do, what the people expect us to do, and do it efficiently and effectively,” Floyd said. “All my accomplishments the past 25 years, whether professionally or educationally, were never meant to be a stepping stone for the bigger and better things, but rather to help me be the best constable I can be for the people of Henderson County. If elected constable once again, I hope to do just that.”