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eGrants - Project Summary (MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE THIS PAGE Page 10 of 19 This section left intentionally blank. beiectea rro ACTIVITY ecc ncuviuesc PERCENTAGE: DESCRIPTION This project will utilize numerous methods and tools to strike at the target audience, normally beginning with inteliigence gathering related to violent crimes. Criminal informants, as well as years of information gathered from the investigation and prosecution of previous crimes, will assist officers in targeting high- risk individuais. Additionally, crime stoppers information, surveillance, and constant pressure wiil result in an overall reduction of crimes this project targets: violent crimes against l.amar County citizens. The principle method of investigating and solving violent crimes against persons is reactive in nature. The Investigation 100.00 continued operation of this unit and what is accomplished will lead to a proactive crackdown on crime, especially as the target audience of repeat offenders becomes aware of stiffer and swifter penalties. The specialized investigators will assist ali county agencies' criminal investigation divisions (CIDs) in making connections between felony cases and sharing information. Information shared between cooperetive agencies frequently solves challenging cases. In 2005 alone, two homicides were solved due to intelligence gathering within the locai law enforcement community - one out of Tarcant County which exempiifies this project's wiliingness to assist wherever the need may arise. Geographic Area: Lamar County is 90 miles northeast of the. Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex, sittin9 on the Red River bordering Okiahoma. Lamar County is the third county west of the northeast comer of the state and has a population of 50,000. Neighboring counties have larger, more affluent adjacent counties with which to partner and share resource benefits (i.e. Red River County/Clarksvilie partners with Bowie County)Texarkana, Fannin County/Bonham partners with Grayson County/Sherman and Denison). Lamar County sits isolated and left to handle most of its own problems with limited resources. Target Audience: The audience for this project will be persons who choose to commit violent offenses against other individuals. Gender. Males and females will be equally targeted as their criminal responsibility is identified and ciassified with regard to level of offender and violence potentiaL Ages: The age group ranges from juveniles (under 17 years of age) to any adult identified with criminal responsibility. Special Characteristics: The project area is considered primarily low income with a significant portion of the population having less than a high school education. Single-parent families are dominant as are those persons on fixed incomes and government subsidies. Economically, the county exists on the spent salaries of light industry and low-wage retail establishments. Without the services of non-profit aid agencies and civic clubs, quality of life would be dismal. , Measures Information Introduction The Project Measures section of the application collects data to track the performance of your proposed project toward its stated objectives. Output measures demonstrate.the levei of activity of a project. Outcome measures demonstrate the impact of a projed in a targeted area, reflecting the extent to which the goals and objectives of the project have been achieved. Output and outcome measures displayed on this page correspond to activities seleded or created on the Activities page. Click on the Save and Continue button at any time to save the information entered on this page. If you do not click on this button and navigate away from the page, your work will be lost. When you click the Save and Continue button, you may receive several error messages that instruct you to compiete the required fields. Your data on any given tab wili not save to the system until all required fields are complete and correct. In addition, you have a 2-hour time limit for each tab where you will need to complete the information correctly and then click the Save and Continue button. There is a timestamp in the upper-right hand corner of the page that notes when you first clicked on the tab. From that point, you have 2 hours to compiete the information on that tab correctly. If you do not complete the information correctiy (for the required fields) and then you click on the Save and Continue button, you will be redirected to the eGrants Home Page. If this happens, your data will not be saved in the system. You may aiso choose to compose a message on this page for CJD to review. This can be done by typing in the Notes By Grantee / C7D messa9e box. Getting Started On this tab you will notice certain icons that are dispiayed. a pencil icon - click on this icon to edit your selections. a pencil icon with a red slash through it - click on this icon to cancei your edits. https://cjdonline.govemor.state.tx.us/Project/Gra }~t6r~~l~ummary.aspx?PrintCode=O&... 8/22/2008 " U t . . . . . . . _ _ . . , . . . T, . T . T._...