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AUTOMOBILE BURGLARY & THEFT PREVENTION AUTHORITY PROGRAM NARRATIVE 1. Problem Statement and Historical Information (See Instructions on page 17) The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force was first funded by the Texas Automobile Burglary Theft Prevention Authority in 1994. The Texas Department of Public Safety Motor Vehicle Theft Service had the only full-time motor vehicle theft investigators in the northeast Texas area. The Texas Department of Public safety had two sergeants assigned to our area at that time. Today they have three. The population in our coverage area is approximately 550,000. There are over 750,000 vehicles registered in the coverage area. The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force consists of finro officers, a sergeant and an investigator. One hundred percent of the officers' time is used to investigate motor vehicle crimes. In 2008 we were reporting 273 motor vehicle thefts. This year we are reporting the UCR of 407 thefts. We have added Bowie County UCR's which explains the increase. The BMV's increased from 482 in 2008 to 804 this year. Adding Bowie County increased the BMV's. They annually average 462 BMV's. The Northeast Texas ATTF works closely with all agencies in the coverage area. We assist all agencies that request our help. We have identified several small groups of individuals including juveniles in our area that are committing the BMV's. We have arrested some, but they either get released to parents or make bond. The process starts over unfortunately. December and January, 2008-09 were the biggest months for BMV's in Paris. We made forty arrests during the first finro quarters. The Northeast Texas ATTF is co-sponsoring a training class in Paris May 5th with DPS. This is an eight hour class for patrol officers.DPS provided one training class in the Cooke/Grayson County area which Det. Jeremy Massey assisted with part of the training. Coverage area: Bowie, Camp, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Morris, Red River, and Titus Counties. There were approximately 750 motor vehicle thefts in this coverage area. This was a 7% increase from 701 from last year. We will strive to meet our goal next year and determine the problem areas. There are only five full-time motor vehicle theft investigators including the three Sergeants from DPS Motor Vehicle Theft Service and our finro investigators. The cooperative effort befinreen our Task Force and DPS will continue. There is a training class scheduled in Paris in May. There are plans to have another training class in our coverage area. Historical Information The Northeast Texas Auto Theft Task Force consists of finro officers from the Paris Police Department. A sergeant and an investigator spend 100% of their time investigating auto crimes in the finrelve county coverage area. Efforts are coordinated with the three DPS MVTS sergeants. ABTPA-23 - 000139