Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock has announced the formation of a Law Enforcement Advisory Panel. The panel will advise the agency on implementation of key public safety grant programs and elevate matters impacting the law enforcement community that may require the attention of the Comptroller or the agency’s Criminal Investigation Division.
Panel members will convene quarterly to review program implementation, share best practices from the field and raise emerging issues facing Texas law enforcement agencies. The following people have been selected as panel members:
- Bill Waybourn, Sheriff, Tarrant County (Chair)
- Randy Aguirre, Sheriff, Bee County
- Al Auxier, Sheriff, Kendall County
- Hunter Barnes, Sheriff, Hill County
- Joseph “Guy” Baker, Sheriff, Jim Wells County
- William A. “Tony” Bennie, Sheriff, Grayson County
- Ricky Bishop, Sheriff, Taylor County
- Thaddeus C. Cleveland, Sheriff, Terrell County
- Richard “Rick” DeLeon, III, Sheriff, Matagorda County
- Wesley Doolittle, Sheriff, Montgomery County
- Brian Hawthorne, Sheriff, Chambers County
- Tracy Murphree, Sheriff, Denton County
- Jacob Putman, Criminal District Attorney, Smith County
- Bo Stallman, Sheriff, Brazoria County
- Brian L. Thomas, Sheriff, Potter County
The Comptroller’s full announcement can be found here.

