2017-025 - Authorizing the Extension of the Grant to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority for continuation of the North Texas Auto Theft Task Force

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metropolitan areas and the following cities are lower on the list than the TEXARKANA and SHERMAN areas: AUSTIN #146, EL PASO #153, and TYLER #185. The auto theft rate in TEXARKANA area is 278.43 and the SHERMAN area rate is 208.02. Comparing those rates to other larger metropolitan areas that made the list you have #38 HOUSTON at a 382.05 rate, #57 SANANTONIO at a 317.4 rate and #79 DALLAS with a 268.2 rate. With that being stated we certainly do not think we can impact the rate with our current staffing and being based out of PARIS, but the auto thefts in PARIS show to be 45 in FY 2016, 25 in 2015 and 33 in 2014. Converting that to the theft rate used by NICB and dividing theft by the City of Paris's Population the rates are 2014= 133.16, 2015= 100.87 and 2016 = 181.58. With (2) Detectives working the City of Paris auto theft, car burglaries and VTR -68A inspections for our coverage area we could use at least (8) additional Detectives to make an impact in the Texarkana and Sherman hot spot areas. The state has not made those funds available to date not to mention the Task Force has not received any equipment since 2010 from the state. 2.3 Describe the geographical target area intended for this application. Include information about the taskforce governing and command structure. Include a description of the coverage area(s) and the nature of support and agreements supporting this application. The Task Force target area is going to be the City of Paris and Lamar County, with support and assistance in the other counties of coverage area. Currently, we are doing VTR -68A in LAMAR COUNTY and FANNIN COUNTY. Currently we have a letter of agreement with the LAMAR COUNTYATTORNEY'S OFFICE. The Sheriff of Lamar County is fully supportive of the Task Force as we investigate the majority of their auto theft cases. The Task Force is comprised of only (2) two Detectives that are both assigned to the criminal investigative division of the PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. Both Detectives are supervised by (1) one of the (2) two Lieutenants in the criminal investigative division. The Lieutenant reports to a Captain in Criminal Investigation that is supervised by the Assistant Chief of Police and Chief of Police. 2.4 Will the program described in the application cover the community(ies) at large or will all or any part of this program be directed to serve a specific target population? If No or Both, please describe the problem supporting the need for a special target population. The program will cover the communities at large. With limited resources; however, most of the cases investigated will be from the Paris Police Department and the Lamar County Sheriffs Department. The current trend in our area is that other agencies, outside of Paris /Lamar County, call the Task force for assistance such as identification of burned vehicles or other issues in identification of stolen vehicle such as vin swaps, vehicle clones or other vehicle identification related issues. Most of the cases after the task force's identification the agency that was assisted completes the investigation.