House Plans: Dallas County Community College

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Dallas County Community College

Commissioner Mike Cantrell is a graduate of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Academy, and received his Basic and Intermediate Certificates in Law Enforcement. He served as a police officer for the Dallas County Community College District from 1976 to 1979 while attending Eastfield Community College, where he was a member of Phi Theta Kappa & Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Abilene Christian University at Dallas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree at Southern Methodist University’s School of Law.

Commissioner Cantrell opened a private law practice and, in 1983, was appointed by the Garland City Council to the position of Municipal Judge for the City of Garland. He served in that capacity for two and one-half years and in 1986 was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 (Garland area). He was elected to a second four-year term in 1990, and served a total of eight years. In 1994, Commissioner Cantrell was elected as the Dallas County Commissioner for District 2 where he currently serves.