Deputy Lowthorp is serving his community with Purpose, Pride and Professionalism with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office for over six years, currently a Patrol Field Training Officer, a member of the Crisis Intervention Team and as a (Special Mission Team?) Crisis Negotiator.
During his five years on Patrol, he was appointed as a Field Training Officer for approximately two years where he has enjoyed training new deputies to become more proficient in law enforcement. Deputy Lowthorp received positive feedback and high ratings from his trainees on the end of phase FTO evaluation. During his time as a Field Training Officer, Deputy Lowthorp received numerous commendations from his Sergeants regarding leadership traits and training abilities.
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Also, while serving in Patrol, Deputy Lowthorp received numerous commendations, verbally and in writing, for going above and beyond to help fellow officers and the community. Deputy Lowthorp then wanted to further his knowledge of mental illness and through additional training became a Mental Health Officer with the Crisis Intervention Team. Deputy Lowthorp has continued to serve his community as a Mental Health Officer for approximately one year.
During this time Deputy Lowthorp has received cooperation of numerous Williamson County police departments, EMS, mental health hospitals and local hospitals to ensure the safety of the public by assisting residents in mental health crisis. Deputy Lowthorp has received numerous praises from his current Sergeant and Patrol Sergeants for going above his CIT responsibilities and assisting patrol deputies with non-mental health related district calls when needed.
Throughout his time as a Field Training Officer and a Mental Health Officer, Deputy Lowthorp continues to be a member of the SMT Crisis Negotiations Team for approximately three years. Through numerous trainings and field experiences, Deputy Lowthorp has expanded his knowledge of decision making, problem solving and communication skills. In addition to his 1725 hours of continuing education and law enforcement training, he has completed 86 hours of Crisis Negotiation
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training. Deputy Lowthorp has also volunteered to represent the Sheriff Office and assist with the Williamson County DWI/DRUG Court for approximately four years and the CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for approximately six months.
Throughout his entire career with the Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Lowthorp has also found time to volunteer in his community, his church and his children’s schools. Deputy Lowthorp has volunteered his own time to represent the Sheriff’s Office at local Boy Scouts/Girls Scouts, Williamson County Self Defense class and National Night Out. Deputy Lowthorp also volunteers his time in uniform to appear and represent the Sheriff’s office at the Boys To Men and Daughters of the King non-profit organization which is giving back to the community by working with fatherless boys and girls within the County. His continuing contributions to his community, his local church and local schools have provided cooperative community relationships by interacting off duty, in and out of uniform with the public.
Outside of Deputy Lowthorp’s mandated continuing education training, he has expanded his knowledge by completing additional training in the field of narcotics, crime scene investigation and forensics, terrorism, hostage negotiations, peer support crisis training, death investigation and warrant comprehension class. (See attached TCOLE personal status report for further
information) David was born in Galveston, Texas and currently resides in Jarrell, Texas with his wife Pam Lowthorp of 22 years and his two teenage children, Ty and Katelyn. When not working, David enjoys spending time with his family and serving in his church and community. David’s first thoughts of a law enforcement career surfaced at the age of 15. He admired his best friend’s father, Alex Bartee with DPS and began ride outs with Alex as soon as he turned 18. At that time David was dating his high school sweetheart, Pam and was discussing marriage a year after high school. David found that Pam did not agree with him following in Alex’s footsteps to become a law enforcement officer, so David found another way to serve his community. David then turned to Emergency Medical Services to become an EMT, completed EMT Basic School at Victoria College and searched for employment at local emergency services. After a short period of time and after completing numerous ride outs with a local fire department and EMS, David found that there were not many job opportunities in the small rural town. David also realized that his passion was to serve his community in law enforcement. At this time David began working as a security guard at a local chemical plant. After numerous conversations with his now wife, David learned that it would take time and maturity in his marriage before he could make his law enforcement career and marriage successful. After approximately 15 years of marriage, Pam supported David with his dream of beginning his law enforcement career. At this point, David worked his way up to management at Home Depot after 7 years. While employed full time, David attended the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office night academy, and after living in and appreciating my County for over 12 years, I applied for a career with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. David’s career goals include lowering crime rates with innovative new deterrent measures; holding public servants to higher standards and expectations and creating more open lines of communication between officers and civilians. His actions regarding these objectives remain a consistent measure of his interests toward the betterment of the field of law enforcement.
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