Please join us in San Antonio on Monday, November 26, at 6 p.m. to meet our new State Senator Pete Flores, representing Senate District 19 from San Antonio into the Big Bend area, along the border. Senator Flores was elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Carlos Uresti. TLDA President Paul Daniec will host the Senator and guests at his home at 24710 Staffordshire, in San Antonio. Invitation will follow.
A former leader of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s statewide law enforcement division with strong ties to South and West Texas, Flores sees the Texas State Senate as another way he can serve the region.
“I would bring strong managerial, budgetary, governance and leadership experience to the Texas Senate having been responsible for $60-million budgets, managed more than two dozen field offices, and supervised more than 127 civilian employees and nearly 532 commissioned officers,” Flores said.
As Colonel Game Warden for Texas Parks and Wildlife, Flores built a strong reputation for implementing community-based law enforcement protocols and successfully coordinating law enforcement operations with local, state and federal law enforcement officials.
Pete Flores grew up in South Texas, graduating from high school in Laredo and attending Laredo Junior College before graduating from Texas A&M. The first Hispanic Director of Law Enforcement for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Flores is a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program and the National Conservation Leadership Institute’s Fellowship Program, and served as vice president of the National Association of Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs (USA).
Flores honorably retired from state service in 2012 and now works as a consultant and instructor for the National Association of Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs Leadership Academy. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Pleasanton and have two adult daughters and two grandsons. As a state senator, Flores would represent the more than 800,000 persons living in Atascosa, Bexar, Brewster, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, and Zavala counties. Flores maintains a Master Peace Officer Certificate and would like to serve on the Senate’s Criminal Justice and Natural Resources committees.
Pete Flores believes his years as a Texas game warden will fit well with his new role as a candidate. “We have a saying that a good game warden never met a stranger. I look forward to visiting with those I’ve known for the last quarter century and meeting with new folks throughout the district, discussing issues and ways we all can work together to make this part of Texas an even better place to live, work and raise our families. I will draw on my experience in law enforcement and government and will value their experiences and ideas.”
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