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Sheriff reports spike in July crashes and increased enforcement; commissioners accept monthly report
Summary
Sheriff Holloway presented the July 2025 monthly report showing a rise to 50 motor-vehicle crashes, increased citations and warnings, and steady jail population; the commissioners accepted the report.
Sheriff Holloway presented the Washington County sheriff’s office monthly report for July 2025 at the Aug. 26 Commissioners Court meeting and the court accepted the report.
The report showed a total of 50 crashes during July — a marked increase from the previous month — and a breakdown that included two rollovers, multiple two-vehicle crashes (including three involving red lights), one crash involving a DWI driver, several crashes involving animals (one with a horse, three with deer, one with a cow), three hit-and-runs, three commercial motor-vehicle incidents and additional single-vehicle and multi-vehicle collisions. The sheriff said July is one of the heaviest-traveled months and the office increased traffic enforcement; citations rose from 128 to 160 and warnings rose from 438 to 601 compared with the prior month.
Other highlights in the sheriff’s report included:
- NIBRS group A offenses: 75% clearance rate on 20 offenses, with nine arrests; overall for July the county reported an 84% clearance rate for 89 offenses and 61 arrests. - Jail bookings: 114 booked in July (about the same as June); average daily jail population around 95–97 with three jail vacancies and four law-enforcement vacancies. - Incident responses: overall incident responses increased from 2,687 to 3,280.
Sheriff Holloway noted that the county’s current records software does not produce a crash “heat map” from the system and that crash location data can be obtained from the Texas Department of Transportation. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about where crashes were occurring and whether they involved local residents or travelers; the sheriff said crashes were “pretty much on the main thoroughfares” and primarily during daytime and evening travel hours.
The court made a motion to approve the sheriff’s report and the motion carried.
