By Bob Belcher
Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana —
A former Dawson, Frost and Rice police officer has filed in the Republican primary for the office of Precinct 3 constable.
Nicole McMahan, 33, said that public service “gets in your blood.
“Once public serve and helping people gets in your blood, it’s there forever,” she said in a release announcing her candidacy. “I found it’s my calling; it fulfills me in a lot of ways.”
Currently working as a consultant with her husband, McMahan is a licensed peace officer in the state, and has worked for both the Rice and Frost Police departments, and said she helped start the Dawson Police Department after graduating from the Navarro College Police Academy in 2001.
“I have lived in Navarro County 98 percent of my life, it’s my home,” she said. “Both my family and I believe that you should do everything that you can to help make your community great. I think this would be a privilege to continue to do that.
McMahan said the constable’s duties are clear — assist with the Justice of the Peace courts in what is held as very important matters, and timely service process is a very vital role in the court system.
McMahan faces a primary challenge from the incumbent constable, Brad Butler, who has also filed to run in the Republican primary.
“I really think it will be a unique and fulfilling experience,” she said of serving as constable. “I feel our precinct needs a constable that has strong core values, and a readiness to complete the duties required to keep our Justice of the Peace courts moving smoothly and timely.”
McMahan said she feels her service would help free up county deputies to complete the task that they have been given.
McMahan and her husband have two children — 13-year-old and 15-year-old sons.
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