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Texas Launches Task Force to Target Repeat Criminal Offenders in Houston Area
The Public Safety Initiative aims to reduce repeat violent crime in Houston where 55% of violent offenses involve repeat offenders, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new state and local task force to target repeat violent criminals in Houston and Harris County during a press conference with DPS officials and victims' advocates.
- With bail laws tightened in June, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed reforms narrowing cashless‑bond eligibility, while officials said 55% of Houston violent crimes involve repeat offenders and crime is down about 20%.
- The plan calls for DPS troopers, DPS special agents, DPS aircraft and Texas Rangers, with helicopters used to swarm neighborhoods and arrest repeat offenders.
- The governor added he will expand the program, planning to make it the national model for public safety in America's largest cities, Abbott said.
- Past deployments raise concerns after officials in Austin and Dallas said DPS troopers led to racially targeted traffic stops, and Governor Greg Abbott did not specify Houston troop numbers or areas.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, is targeting repeat criminal offenders in Houston — a first step toward what he says will be a statewide effort. Abbott ordered the establishment of a crime-fighting task force supported by state troopers that will begin work in high-crime areas. The Texas Tribune reported that Abbott told reporters on Wednesday, "This is a Texas-size effort by both the state Department of Public Safety as well as local law…
‘We are coming for you:’ Abbott announces Harris County task force targeting repeat violent offenders
Abbott pointed to stats that show violent crime and murders across Harris County are trending down. But crime remains at front of mind for residents in the country's fourth largest city.
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