Leo Perez

Leandro “Leo” Perez, Jr. is a Supervisor for the Hidalgo County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. He received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Texas Pan American in 2004. He is also a graduate of the University of Texas at Brownsville Police Academy.

Before coming to the Hidalgo County C.S.C.D, he worked as a security manager under the Federal Protective Services contract in the Southern District of Texas. He came to Hidalgo County C.S.C.D in September of 2005 as a community supervision officer. He served as a line officer for four years before being assigned to the United States Marshals Violent Offender Task Force. He was promoted to Assistant Supervisor in May of 2016 and M.I.S Manager in December of 2020. He also serves the Hidalgo County Community Supervision and Corrections Department as the law enforcement liaison, the department safety officer, the in-house field safety instructor, the hurricane evacuation response plan coordinator, the terminal agency coordinator, and the department gang intelligence officer.

Leo is also an active member of the Texas Probation Association, where he serves as a co-chair for the silent auction committee. He is the creator of P.O.S.T (Probation Officer Safety Training), D.E.P.O.T (Developmental & Educational Probation Officer Training) and S.T.O.P (Safety Training for Office Personnel). In 2016 he was the recipient of the Texas Probation Associations Judge Terry L. Jacks Award for his significant contributions to the community corrections profession. He is also a member of the Texas Gang Investigators Association.