Sheriff reports drop in some crimes, rise in incidents tied to mental-health transports and jail caseload

Sheriff Holloway presented the Washington County Sheriff's Office monthly report for June 2025 to the Commissioners Court on July 22, outlining monthly statistics and a six-month comparison to 2024.

Holloway told the court the office recorded an 89% overall clearance rate in June (97 offenses, 86 cleared) and highlighted declines in several serious crimes year-to-date—rape and sexual-assault reports and burglaries among them—but said Group B offenses and some categories such as weapons violations were trending up. He reported the sheriff’s jail averaged 97 inmates in June and that the sheriff’s office had current vacancies for deputies and jail staff.

Holloway described complex mental-health transport issues: deputies sometimes receive emergency detention orders and transport individuals to local emergency rooms or, when a commitment order is issued and a bed is available, to facilities farther away. He said some people with commitment orders are held in the county jail when no psychiatric bed is available, and he emphasized the operational importance of the county’s memorandum of understanding with the MHMR Authority of Brazos County for on-site jail staffing and care.

The sheriff also warned the public about an increase in scam calls impersonating the sheriff’s office and urged residents to avoid financial transactions over the phone and to report suspected scam calls to the sheriff’s office.

Ending: The sheriff asked the court to consider including relative call-volume context in future reports (for example, showing a jurisdiction’s calls as a percentage of total workload) and to continue support for the MHMR agreement that helps manage mental-health needs in the jail.