reported<\/a> by The Dallas Express, the 2025 recipients included officers from Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth and the Tarrant County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\nOther Texas honorees<\/p>\n
The other 13 recipients are:<\/p>\n
Deputy Rudy Aguilar, El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nJuan Alejandro Garcia, Webb County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nDetective John Armendariz, El Paso Police Department.
\nDeputy Jose Calderon, Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nOfficer Ryan Callesto, Beaumont Police Department.
\nManuel Escamilla, Midland County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nDeputy Larry Kissam, Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nOfficer Noel Mercado, San Antonio Police Department.
\nOfficer Matthew Munselle, Port Arthur Police Department.
\nDeputy Lee Nino, Harris County Constable\u2019s Office.
\nOfficer Matthew Santos, Abilene Police Department.
\nSenior Officer Kyle Simmons, Corpus Christi Police Department.
\nDetective Daisy Trevino, Hays County Sheriff\u2019s Office.
\nAbbott pledges support for officers<\/p>\n
Abbott thanked officers for their service and emphasized the dangers they face protecting Texas communities. CLEAT President Scott Leeton and officers from across the state joined the governor at the convention.<\/p>\n
\u201cTexas is stronger because of the men and women who serve in law enforcement, who answer the call to protect and serve our state every single day,\u201d Abbott said in the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou put your lives on the line to keep our fellow Texans safe, and I want you to know, you have a Governor who has your back. Together we will keep Texas safe and secure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The October 3 ceremony followed Abbott\u2019s proclamation<\/a> Friday designating October 2026 as Law Enforcement Appreciation Month in Texas. He announced the designation at the Governor\u2019s Mansion in Austin to recognize officers serving communities statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Greg Abbott poses with officers at the CLEAT convention in San Antonio on October 3, 2026. |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[46182,102,104,103,4081,156416,2238,392,865,156417,122],"class_list":["post-456481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-cleat","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-dallas-police-department","tag-denton-police-department","tag-fort-worth-police-department","tag-greg-abbott","tag-law-enforcement","tag-officer-of-the-year","tag-tarrant-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}