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jurisdiction of the peace officers called upon to <br />investigate the crime; and <br />WHEREAS, past experience in the North East Texas area <br />has indicted that a cooperative effort between the cities <br />and counties in the area has been effective in detecting <br />and deterring the activities of individuals engaged in <br />burglary and other crimes to the mutual benefit of all the <br />cities and counties in the North East Texas area; and <br />WHEREAS, funding for such specialized operations is <br />very limited. There exists the possibility of obtaining <br />funding ' through federal and state grants and this <br />possibility will be enhanced by a cooperative effort of law <br />_ enforcement agencies within these counties and cities and <br />possibly lead to the forfeiture of assets which funds could <br />defray the costs of such cooperation, thereby lessening the <br />burden to local taxpayers; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to State Legislation, V.C.T.A., <br />Local Government Code, §362.002, the Police <br />Departments of the cities of Paris, Gainesville, <br />Greenville, Muenster, Saint Jo, Rockwall, Emory, Nocona, <br />Denison, Sherman, Bonham,and Commerce, Texas, and the <br />Sheriff's Offices of Montague, Hopkins,. Delta, Rains, <br />Collin, Cooke, Lamar, Hunt, Fannin, and Grayson Counties, <br />Texas desire to form a mutual aid law enforcement task <br />force and to be a part of a cooperative investigative and <br />enforcement effort to be known and designated as the <br />- 2 - <br />