Joseph Pennington

Board Member (Law Enforcement Officer Standards-Education, Texas Commission on)

Entered Office: 09-21-2009
Term Ends: 08-30-2015

General Information

Profession: Senior Police Officer
Home Town: Jersey Village

Personal Information

.B. Pennington of Jersey Village is a senior police officer with the Houston Police Department and the liaison officer for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. He is a member and past director of the Houston Police Officers Union, a member of the National Association of Police Organizations, and a past member of the City of Houston Mayor’s Committee on Juvenile Criminal Justice and City of Jersey Village Board of Adjustment. He is also a member of the Cy-Fair Chamber of Commerce, past board director of the University of Houston Alumni Organization and past president of the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Association Board of Directors. Pennington served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He received bachelor’s degrees from the University of Houston and a graduate certificate in homeland security from the Texas A&M University George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Ruben Villescas is chief of police for the city of Pharr. He is a regional director of the Texas Police Chiefs Association, a member of the Pharr Police Academy Advisory Board, and a member and past president of the Rio Grande Valley Police Chiefs Association. He is also past vice chairman of the Domestic Violence Task Force for the Rio Grande Valley, and a past member of the Pharr Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors and the Pharr Lions Club. Villescas attended Pan American University, received a master’s peace officers certificate from the Texas Commission on Law enforcement Officers Standards and Education and is a graduate of the Sam Houston State University Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas and F.B.I National Academy.