Duwayne A. Poorboy

Assistant Chief Duwayne A. Poorboy has served the San Marcos, Texas, Police Department for over 20 years and currently oversees the Patrol Division, School Resource Officers (SROs), the Mental Health Unit (MHU), and the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT). Before this role, he was a night shift patrol Commander. He has also supervised the Special Investigations and Crime Reduction Units, along with the Field Training Officer program and the K-9 units. Assistant Chief Poorboy is a Ph.D. student in the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Texas State University. His research interests include spatial-temporal crime patterns, problem-oriented policing, and hostage/crisis negotiation.