IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : The Role of a Constable in the Community
About Constable Adam Ballesteros
Constable Adan Ballesteros is a Master Peace Officer with 47 years of Law Enforcement Experience. Adan has spent 27 of those years working as a Constable and 18 of those years as the elected Constable of Travis County Precinct 2. Raised in the Spanish language in South Texas, Adan was stationed as a DPS Trooper and Narcotics Investigator in the Rio Grande Valley where communicating in Spanish was a necessity. Adan has resided in Pflugerville with his wife since 1993. He has 3 children and 4 grandchildren.
“Volunteering has always been a big part of my life. My mother was a teacher’s aide and she would take me and my brothers to our elementary school to help the teachers. We would spend our days helping set up classrooms and cleaning erasers. I saw firsthand the positive impact that volunteering had on those around me and the sense of community it created. I knew that’s what I wanted to do with the rest of my life."
Experience
• Began Law Enforcement Career in 1979
• Certified Master Texas Peace Officer
Certifications
• Mental Health Training Instructor
• Law Enforcement Police Instructor
• Civil Process Proficiency and Instructor
• Police Firearms and Taser Instructor
• Law Enforcement Spanish Instructor
Honors
• Travis County Precinct 2 Medal of Valor
• Texas DPS Directors Citation for Joint
Awards
• Central Texas Justice of the Peace and Constables Association Deputy of the Year
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Four (4) time Central Texas Justice of the Peace and Constables Association Constable of the Year 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Texas Peace Officer of the Year nominee
• Three (3) time US President’s Award Barack Obama Award for Community Service 2009, 2010, 2011
• 2009 City of Pflugerville Citizen of the Year Award
• Outstanding Crime Prevention Specialist by the Central Texas Crime Prevention Association 2013
• Two (2) time Mcgruff Safety Award by the Central Texas Crime Prevention Association 2018 and 2022
Community Service
• Boy Scouts of America Scout Master and Unit Commissioner
• Boy Scouts of America District Chair for the Blackland Prairie District
• Boy Scouts of America District Award of Merit Award
• American Red Cross First Aid / CPR / AED & Wilderness First Aid Instructor
Professional Organizations
• International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association
• Justice of the Peace and Constables Association
• Texas Municipal Police Association
• International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Teaching Experience
• Commander of the Narcotics Training Section for the Texas Department of Public Safety
• Certified Police Instructor
• Civil Process Proficiency Certification and Instructor
• Certified Police Firearms and Taser Instructor
• First Line Supervisor Instructor
• Law Enforcement Spanish Instructor