09 - Approving an Inter-Local Agreement between the City and Lamar County regarding a combined task force as the Northeast Auto Theft Task Force

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9/112021 MVCPA Taskforce Grant Negotiation requirements (preventing stolen vehicles from entering Mexico, stopping illegal export of stolen vehicle from bridge/ outbound port operations, disruption of cartel or organized criminal enterprises using stolen motor vehicles or fraud related motor vehicle crime, insurance fraud, etc...) The program area is not located near or around U. S. border or a port of entrylexit. The program area does have (5) five counties along the Texas and Oklahoma border where stolen property frequently enters and leaves the state. The task force detectives will continue to have a working relationship with Oklahoma State and local law enforcement as well the area Tribal Police. These relationships will strengthen the ability to identify criminal organizations, offenders, and recover stolen vehicles and property from vehicles. The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force spends majority of its time investigating auto thefts, burglary of motor vehicles, building criminal cases and arresting suspects committing these offenses. investigations of these type cases sometimes leads to an investigation into insurance fraud, identity theft, false reports, and arson. The task force detectives will continue to work with NICB investigators, insurance companies, District Attorney's offices, and DMV investigators to help deter and prosecute offenders who commit insurance and title fraud. The task force detectives will continue to use information from informants, local law enforcement, covert operations, and surveillance operations to identify organized criminal organizations who frequently use or steal motor vehicles as part of their criminal organization. This includes those organizations who commit burglaries of motor vehicles to obtain personal identification, then use that information to purchase a vehicle fraudulently, as well as include those organizations who sell a stolen vehicle using fraudulent vehicle and title information. 3.6 Collaboration Effort -- Describe the taskforce method to collaborate, and not duplicate existing activities. Describe the cross boundaries regional approach to grant activity implementation. Describe how the applicant staff and jurisdiction will coordinate with other taskforces and law enforcement agencies to implement this program. The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force have established relationships with local, state, federal, Oklahoma Statehocal, and Tribal Police agencies and are often contacted for our services. The task force detectives are often asked to assist when there are stolen lburned tdismantled vehicles, stolen trailers, ATVs, or farming equipment involved. The task force detectives are often contacted to assist in the execution of search warrants where the above items are believed to be located. During these operations stolen vehicles, motor vehicle component parts, ATVs, trailers, and fraudulent documents have been located. The task force is not overlapped by any other task force, but does keep a working relationship with other task forces throughout the state. This is to provide information and assistance to their task forces as well as to assist the Northeast Texas Auto theft Task Force. The task force will assist other agencies and task forces with the collection and procession of evidence, obtaining information on possible suspects located in our program area, and the detection and locating stolen vehicles and property. The task force has and will work with other funded task forces with covert operations occurring in their program areas. The task force also maintains a relationship with local and regional DMV offices and supervisors to assist them with their needs. 3.7 If the proposed application requests any exceptions or deviation from any general grant rules, RFA conditions or grant administrative policy, please indicate in the section below. Indicate the section of the specific issue and citation that you are asking the MVCPA to consider and the rational for the request. Not Applicable Part 11 Goals, Strategies, and Activities Select Goals, Strategies, and Activity Targets for the proposed program. Click on the link above and select the method by which statutory measures will be collected. Law Enforcement programs must also estimate targets for the MVCPA predetermined activities. The MVCPA board has determined that grants programs must document specific activities that are appropriate under each of the three goals. Applicants are allowed to write a limited number of user defined activities. ID Activity Measure Statutory Motor Vehicle Theft Measures Required for all Grantees. 1.1.15 Increase the recovery rate of stolen Report the number of vehicles recovered by taskforce motor vehicles 1.1.16 Increase the clearance rate of motor Report the number of motor vehicle theft cases cleared vehicle thefts 1.1.17 Increase the number of persons Report the number of persons arrested for motor vehicle theft by taskforce arrested for motor vehicle theft Statutory Burglary of a Motor Vehicle Measures Required for all Grantees 2.1.12 Increase the clearance rate of motor Report the number of burglary cases cleared vehicle burglaries 2.1.13 Increase the number of persons Report the number of persons arrested for burglary by taskforce arrested for motor vehicle burglary Target https://mvcpa.tamu.edu/NegotiationrrFGPrintApplication.asp?ApplD=188&FiscalYear=2022 8112