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| BILLY SIDES |
Billy began his law enforcement career in 1996. Throughout his career he has experienced working for a Sheriff’s
Department, Drug Task Force, Crime Task Force, and a District Attorney’s Office. He also has past experience as a
certified K-9 handler. He has been a partner in a certified K-9 Academy and trained several certified K-9’s. Billy began
working criminal patrol on Interstate 20 in Texas after three months of becoming a certified peace officer. Once receiving
further training, he dedicated his law enforcement career to criminal patrol. He continues to devote his law enforcement
career to working criminal patrol in Texas.
Billy has extensive experience in criminal patrol making hundreds of arrests and seizures during his career. He has
seized thousands of pounds of illegal drugs and several million dollars of United States currency from drug trafficking
organizations. His most notable single seizure to date is 6,245 pounds of marijuana from a commercial motor vehicle
stop. He has worked with local, state, and federal authorities in the investigations of large narcotic trafficking
organizations within the United States. He has apprehended two suspects that were transporting 48 illegal immigrants
across the country in the back of a commercial truck, with lead to the Federal prosecution of both suspects and possibly
saving several lives in the process. Billy is also credited with initiating criminal investigations relating to fraud, identity
theft, and auto thefts that originated from traffic enforcement patrol stops. He is directly responsible for uncovering multi-
state criminal organizations due to those stops. Billy has courtroom experience testifying in criminal patrol and drug
related cases at the local, state, and federal levels.
Billy supervised a criminal patrol team that constantly rated in the top five of the Texas Narcotics Control Program. He
worked in the field right along side his fellow officers during his tenure as a supervisor.
Billy is a certified peace officer instructor with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and
Education (TCLEOSE). He has given instruction to thousands of fellow peace officers on criminal patrol and related
topics. He is co-owner with his full-time partner and friend Ronnie Stiltner in their company Highway Interdiction Training
Specialists, Inc.
Billy has received several awards and recognition for past criminal patrol successes during his career. He received a
Certificate of Commendation from the Texas Office of the Governor in 1997 for outstanding performance of duty. He
received the Midland Texas Crime-Stoppers Officer of the Year Award in 1999 along with his K-9 Reno. He received an
Outstanding Service Medal from the Director of the Texas Narcotics Control Program in 2001. Billy continues to serve
the community by training fellow officers and teaching schoolteachers and faculty the signs of drug use among students.
Department, Drug Task Force, Crime Task Force, and a District Attorney’s Office. He also has past experience as a
certified K-9 handler. He has been a partner in a certified K-9 Academy and trained several certified K-9’s. Billy began
working criminal patrol on Interstate 20 in Texas after three months of becoming a certified peace officer. Once receiving
further training, he dedicated his law enforcement career to criminal patrol. He continues to devote his law enforcement
career to working criminal patrol in Texas.
Billy has extensive experience in criminal patrol making hundreds of arrests and seizures during his career. He has
seized thousands of pounds of illegal drugs and several million dollars of United States currency from drug trafficking
organizations. His most notable single seizure to date is 6,245 pounds of marijuana from a commercial motor vehicle
stop. He has worked with local, state, and federal authorities in the investigations of large narcotic trafficking
organizations within the United States. He has apprehended two suspects that were transporting 48 illegal immigrants
across the country in the back of a commercial truck, with lead to the Federal prosecution of both suspects and possibly
saving several lives in the process. Billy is also credited with initiating criminal investigations relating to fraud, identity
theft, and auto thefts that originated from traffic enforcement patrol stops. He is directly responsible for uncovering multi-
state criminal organizations due to those stops. Billy has courtroom experience testifying in criminal patrol and drug
related cases at the local, state, and federal levels.
Billy supervised a criminal patrol team that constantly rated in the top five of the Texas Narcotics Control Program. He
worked in the field right along side his fellow officers during his tenure as a supervisor.
Billy is a certified peace officer instructor with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and
Education (TCLEOSE). He has given instruction to thousands of fellow peace officers on criminal patrol and related
topics. He is co-owner with his full-time partner and friend Ronnie Stiltner in their company Highway Interdiction Training
Specialists, Inc.
Billy has received several awards and recognition for past criminal patrol successes during his career. He received a
Certificate of Commendation from the Texas Office of the Governor in 1997 for outstanding performance of duty. He
received the Midland Texas Crime-Stoppers Officer of the Year Award in 1999 along with his K-9 Reno. He received an
Outstanding Service Medal from the Director of the Texas Narcotics Control Program in 2001. Billy continues to serve
the community by training fellow officers and teaching schoolteachers and faculty the signs of drug use among students.
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