The city appointed Peter Pacillas – who has served as an assistant police chief nearly as long as Allen served as chief – as interim police chief earlier this month. Pacillas graduated from the El Paso Police Academy in 1988.
Sheriff Richard D. Wiles was raised and educated in El Paso, graduating from Andress High School in 1979. Sheriff Wiles joined the El Paso Police Department in 1982 and rose quickly to leadership positions.
First elected in 2018, Congressman Lance Gooden represents Texas’ 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 5th District stretches from Dallas County to Cherokee, Henderson, Kaufman, Anderson, Van Zandt and Wood Counties.