The Collin County Sheriff's Office is set to stop providing law enforcement to the City of Lucas on October 1, after the small city east of Allen finishes launching its own police department.

The contract termination was on the agenda Monday, July 20, when the Collin County Commissioners Court met at 1:30 p.m. at the Jack Hatchell Administration Building in McKinney. The agenda item formally sets the end date for a deal that has put two dedicated Sheriff's deputies and two patrol vehicles in Lucas for about $226,000 a year, paid by the city.

Lucas hired Doug Kowalski as Director of Public Safety in March to lead the creation of the new department. Kowalski, who will become Lucas's first police chief once the department is officially established, brings nearly five decades of law enforcement experience. He previously served as police chief in both McKinney and Prosper and rose to deputy chief at the Dallas Police Department, according to the City of Lucas.

Under the termination terms outlined in the agenda, Lucas keeps the patrol vehicles it has already paid off. The county will strip its decals, radios, radar units, in-car computers, and restricted software before handing them over. The amendment carries no cost to the county.

ESD No. 1 fire and EMS update

Commissioners also received a status update on Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1, the voter-approved taxing district that will fund fire protection and ambulance service in unincorporated parts of the county starting October 1. Voters within the proposed boundaries approved the ESD in the November 4, 2025 election.

The district is funded by a property tax capped at 10 cents per $100 of assessed value. It does not create its own fire department. Instead, it contracts with existing city and volunteer departments to cover rural areas.

Allen did not consent to include its extraterritorial jurisdiction in the ESD, according to county records, meaning Allen-area extraterritorial jurisdiction residents are not covered by the new district.

Shelby Williams, a Republican candidate for Collin County Commissioner Precinct 4 who previews court agendas on her blog, wrote in a July 19 post that the ESD "only provides the funding; the cities are still contracted to provide services, so this doesn't solve the issue of response times in the most remote parts of the county."