| |
| |
|
|
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Honorable David M. Cobos retired as Midland |
|
|
County justice of the peace for Precinct 2 on February 1, 2025, |
|
|
drawing to a close a distinguished 46-year career in the justice |
|
|
system; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Appointed justice of the peace in 1997 to fill an |
|
|
unexpired term, Judge Cobos won his subsequent elections unopposed; |
|
|
in 1998, he implemented the Justice Court Alternative Sentencing |
|
|
Program/Teen Leadership Program, which was designed to divert |
|
|
juvenile offenders from the criminal justice system and reduce the |
|
|
school dropout rate; the initiative was featured on ABC World News |
|
|
Tonight and received the Texas Association of Counties Best |
|
|
Practices Innovation Award and the Justice of the Peace and |
|
|
Constables Association Best Practices Award; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Judge Cobos also worked to make the judicial process |
|
|
more efficient and accessible to the public, overseeing such |
|
|
modernization efforts as the introduction of electronic filing and |
|
|
online payment options for fines; dedicated to his profession, he |
|
|
served JPCA as director of District 4 and chair of the Justice of |
|
|
the Peace Legislative Committee; among numerous other accolades, he |
|
|
received the prestigious JPCA T. A. Vines Award, and he was named |
|
|
the 2004 and 2005 JPCA Judge of the Year and the 2009 West Texas |
|
|
JPCA Judge of the Year; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, A graduate of Hardin-Simmons University, Judge |
|
|
Cobos joined the Midland County Sheriff's Office in 1979 and gained |
|
|
experience as a jailer, patrol officer, and major crimes |
|
|
investigator; he played an instrumental role in the creation of the |
|
|
highly effective Midland Crime Stoppers Program in 1984, and three |
|
|
years later, he was appointed state director of Texas Crime |
|
|
Stoppers; serving in three gubernatorial administrations, he rose |
|
|
to become deputy executive director of the Governor's Criminal |
|
|
Justice Division; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Over the course of more than four and a half decades, |
|
|
David Cobos demonstrated wisdom, integrity, and a deep commitment |
|
|
to the fair administration of justice, earning the respect and |
|
|
admiration of his colleagues and fellow citizens alike; now, |
|
|
therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas |
|
|
hereby congratulate the Honorable David M. Cobos on his retirement |
|
|
as Midland County justice of the peace for Precinct 2 and extend to |
|
|
him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Judge Cobos as an expression of high regard by the |
|
|
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |