10/29/2026
Baylor County Sheriff's Office
Report 10/18/26 - 10/24/2026
Baylor County Sheriff's Office Dispatch and Archer County Dispatch answered 176 calls for service this week.
There was one civil process served.
Five controlled burns were notified and completed.
Three reports of cattle being out; please owners, set up your voicemail so we can leave a message if we believe the cattle are yours. We want to get livestock safely put away as quickly as possible.
Twelve 9-1-1 hangups, tests and pocket dials were answered.
EMS handled 10 calls.
One missing child call was answered by SPD and BCSO; thankfully, relatives located the child prior to our arrival.
Ten house watches were performed.
One verbal disturbance was mediated.
Transported one male from County Court to a contract jail to serve a 90 day sentence.
Assisted SPD and TPWD on a disturbance / domestic arrest where one male went to jail.
Two car v animal calls were handled.
Verified the VIN for a resident on a trailer.
Assisted Housing Authority with an eviction.
One s*x offender updated their registry.
One vehicle was abandoned on the highway and tagged for 72 hour tow.
A citizen advised us that they got a phone call saying their son had been in a crash and needed money and referenced the Sheriff's Office and Seymour PD. This is a SCAM. PLEASE, hang up, do not give money or credit card info or go buy bitcoin. We will not call and ask for money over the phone. This citizen was wary and asked more questions then the scammer hung up. Good job!!
Went to Head Start and did an Officer Friendly presentation to the littles; lots of questions and fingerprints in my squad car. (Question: do you like donuts? Of course we do!)
Assisted two eight horse, fully-loaded horse trailers where one had a blowout; used our emergency lights since they were on a curve. Much engineering, many phone calls for assistance and alot of thinking later, they were able to finally use two jiffy jacks on the good tires, and get a bottle jack under the axle and a spare put on and back on their way. One trailer "may or may not be" related to a big name ranch owner/movie producer out in rural Texas. ;)
Twenty seven traffic stops were made by Deputies and the Sheriff. Sixteen citations were written this week and ALL were speeding tickets.
Highest speed was 101 in a 75. But there were many on FM 422 of 85/60, 83/60, 81/60 along with 93/75, 92/75 on other highways. The guy who passed the Sheriff while she was running Lidar at Cowens feed lot thought he was in the clear because he was going away from her; LIDAR (Light detection and ranging) at 91/75 at 1099 feet. Sign here.
Time changes this weekend so when you fall behind in time, change the batteries in your smoke detectors. Easy way to make sure they are going to work when you need them. Cooler weather is finally here, be safe when firing up furnaces and heaters for the first time.
We are here as a team to help keep Baylor County a great place to call home.
Baylor County Sheriff's Office, Seymour Police Department, Tx Parks and Wildlife, Seymour Volunteer Fire Department and Seymour EMS are just a phone call away in case of emergency. Plus all our local utility companies who come out after hours to help!
Thank you, Baylor County.
Sheriff Darcy White
