Victor
Rodriguez
Chief of Police
McAllen Police Department
Victor Rodriguez was born in Brownsville, Texas, on January 27,
1957. He graduated from Brownsville Hanna High School in 1975, and
moved to Huntsville, Texas to work for the Texas Department of Corrections
as a Corrections Officer. He attained the rank of sergeant before
leaving in 1978 to take a position with the Cameron County Sheriff
as jailer and chief jailer.
In 1978 he was hired by the City of Brownsville as a patrolman.
For the next 17 years Victor Rodriguez served the citizens of Brownsville
as a law enforcement officer. Moving up in the ranks, he held the
position of Patrolman, Detective, Detective-Sergeant, Sergeant-Director
of Special Investigations, Lieutenant-Director of Criminal Investigations
Command, Acting Captain, Acting Chief of Police, and Chief of Police.
He was appointed to the position of Chairman of the Texas Board
of Pardons and Parole in 1995 and served 4 years before accepting
the post of Chief of Police for the City of Harlingen.
In 1999 he was hired as Director of the Parole Division by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In 2001 he applied, and was
appointed by the City Commissioners of the City of McAllen for the
position of Chief of Police, of which he continues to serve today.
Victor Rodriguez received his Associates Degree in Applied Science
and Arts at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville Texas in 1987
and 1988 respectively. In 1988 he earned his Bachelor's of Science
degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas, Pan American.
The University of Texas, San Antonio awarded him his Masters Degree
in Public Administration in 1999.
He is a graduate of the 143 rd Session of the FBI National Academy,
the 25 th Session of the FBI's Law Enforcement Executive Development
Program, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, June
1994 Session, and the Governor's Executive Development Program, December
2001.
Victor Rodriguez holds Masters and Instructors certification through
the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education,
and certification for Law Enforcement Instructor Development, and
Management of the Training Process through the FBI Training School.
He has held membership and sat on the boards of the Association
of Paroling Authorities International, the Texas Interstate Compact
Committee, the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council-Criminal
Justice Advisory Committee, Leadership Brownsville, Brownsville Crimestoppers,
the Board of Governors for Drug Enforcement Task Forces, North Brownsville
Rotary, United Way Fund Distribution Panel and the United Way Campaign
1994, and recently on Governor Perry's Anti-Crime Commission.
Chief Rodriguez has been honored on numerous occasions. He is married
and has one son and two daughters.
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