Editing Conroe, Texas (section)

===Law enforcement===
The Conroe Police Department has 142 full-time police officers and 42 support staff.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Police Home Page|website=Conroe Police Department|url=http://www.cityofconroe.org/departments/police-department-home-page|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref> The department has a number of bureaus. The Uniformed Services Bureau includes the Patrol Division, [[SWAT]] a part time unit and honor guard. The Support Services Bureau the Criminal Investigations Division and animal control unit.

On 14 September 1982, Sergeant Ed Holcomb was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sergeant Ed Holcomb, Jr.|website=[[Officer Down Memorial Page]]|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/6609-sergeant-ed-holcomb-jr|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref>

In July 2013, Conroe Police Sergeant Jason Blackwelder was off duty, and he observed store employees chasing a shoplifting suspect. He joined the chase. In an isolated area, Blackwelder killed the suspect with a single gunshot to the back of the head. In June 2014, he was convicted of [[manslaughter]]. He was sentenced to five years' [[probation]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Conroe officer indicted in fatal Walmart shooting|date=27 September 2013|newspaper=[[KHOU]]|url=http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/07/23/12163456/|accessdate=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120143/http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2014/07/23/12163456/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>