10 - Application for extension of an Automobile urglary & Theft Prevention Grant

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City of Paris Grant Application for Fiscal Year 2021 https://abtpa.tamu.e"Apphcation/PrintApplication.asp?ApplD=159& from time to time related to insurance fraud and these vehicles are almost impossible to identify in most cases without a trained auto theft investigator. The burn vehicles found seem to increase with the deteriorating economy. Presently the economy is good so we have seen very few vehicle burns linked to criminal activity. While obviously our task force does not have the auto theft numbers of a large metropolitan area, there is still a small amount of trained auto theft investigators in our large rural coverage area even in the bigger cities of Sherman, Greenville and Texarkana. 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 the coverage area. The task force routinely support law enforcement agencies in our coverage area, but especially in the counties adjacent to our area. Currently, we are doing VTR-68A's in PARiS and BONHAM (FANNIN COUNTY). The 68's are done for citizens across the complete coverage area and the separate locations are to cut the drive times for citizens as much as possible. Currently the majority of the 68A's are done for citizens coming from the west part of our coverage area specifically GRAYSON, DENTON and COLLIN COUNTY area. Currently we have a letter of agreement with the LAMAR COUNTY ATTORNEY'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 counties adjacent to LAMAR COUNTY all support the task force as they benefit the most from the Task Force's support and assistance when they need it. Typically this is assistance with burn vehicles as only two counties in our coverage area has active auto theft trained investigators and we are planning on trying to add on them to the task force if funds come available. There are (9) nine different counties in our coverage area with over (30) thirty Police departments. A lot of those agencies have fewer than (5) five police officers. 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. The Chief of Police is the project director for the program and the Senior Detective is the Project Manager. 2.4 Will the program described in the application cover the community(les) 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. No the Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force plans to support the community at large. Grant Goals and Activities There are two parts to this section: 1) Functions of Proposed Program and Goals Strategies and Activities (GSA). In the following boxes, describe the functions of the proposed program and then complete a fellable form called GSA. MVCPA programs must completely describe the functions they will perform in implementing the program. If Awarded, funds expended towards activities not described in this section will result in the reimbursement being denied. 1 TM 91 3.1 Functions of the Proposed Program Related to Burglary of a Motor Vehicle The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task force is assigned or made aware of every burglary motor vehicle report that is reported to the PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT: These cases are assigned the cases that are solvable and are provided and FYI for all the other burglaries. Task Force Detectives follow up on leads in these case and commonly use social media to assist in identifying suspects caught on home and business videos. Task Force Detectives commonly assist burglary detectives as their suspects have been found to involved in both car burglaries and residential/commercial burglaries. We have found this to be a good way to increase our manpower in these cases. The Task Force have found, that when time permits, that solving auto burglaries as fast as possible tends to reduce the cases as a car burglary will commit hundreds of burglaries but if caught early they do not tend to re offend in that type of crime, at least in our area. The suspects in these case tend to be young 13-25 year old males. The Task Force also plans to partner with local media to use public awareness and spread the message to protect its yours to get citizens to lock their cars. The Task Force additional plans to 7 of 14 05/21/2020,11:42 AM