Rodney van Oudekerke Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Place 1
A Public Servant
(To the right: fellow Leadership San Marcos class member Marianne Moore, Peggy Patterson, Tonkawa Chief Don Patterson, and Rodney at the dedication of the Tonkawa Chief Placido statue.)For what ever reason, the public service part of the job has been ignored by the Justice Court of Precinct One, Place One. I am a firm believer that every elected person from the White House to the Courthouse is a public servant. I have spent my entire adult life being a public servant serving on various city appointed boards and commissions, civic groups, and the last twenty-three years as a police officer for the City of
My volunteer and leadership roles:
- Youth Service Bureau - Board of Directors
- Greater San Marcos Youth Council - Board of Directors
- San Marcos Youth Council - Past President
- San Marcos Mayor’s Commission on Youth
- Sights and Sounds of Christmas - Board of Directors, Past Chair
- Playscape Project - Founding Board of Directors, Original Volunteer Coordinator
- Cattle Baron’s Ball - Committee Chair
- Heritage Association of San Marcos - Board of Directors, Past Chair, Life Member
- Fraternal Order of Police - Past President
- San Marcos Police Officer’s Association - Past President
- Hays County Historical Commission - Past President
- San Marcos Historical Commissioner
- San Marcos Historical Commission - Past Chair
- St. John’s Catholic Church - Parishioner, Usher
- Hermanson’s of Texas
- Leadership San Marcos - Class Chair 2007, Board of Directors
- 2007 San Marcos Daily Record, Best Law Enforcement Officer in Hays County
- San Marcos Police Department Sergeant, Juvenile Officer
- Law Enforcement Officer for the City of San Marcos since 1985
- San Marcos Downtown Association
- San Marcos Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce
