2023-011 - Approving and Authorizing and Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Paris and Lamar County Concerning the Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force

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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 N1CB 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 State/local, and Tribal Police agencies and are often contacted for our services. The task force detectives are often asked to assist when there are stolen / burned /dismantled 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 II 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 Target 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 MVTs Report the number of MVT cases cleared 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 BMV including parts 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 Statutory Fraud -Related Motor Vehicle Crime Measures Required for all Grantees 8.1.1 Increase the clearance rate of fraud- Report the number of fraud -related motor vehicle cases cleared related motor vehicle crime cases. 8.1.2 Increase the number of persons Report the number of persons arrested for fraud -related motor vehicle crimes arrested for fraud -related motor vehicle crimes. Measures for Grantees. Add Target values for those that you will measure. 1 Goal 1: Reduce the Incidence of Motor Vehicle Theft through Enforcement Strategies 1.1 Strategy 1: Conduct Activities that Result in the Arrest, Clearance, and Recoveries of Motor Vehicle Theft