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Office of the Texas Governor, Public Safety Office, Texas Crime Stoppers
?Texas Crime Stoppers July 2023 Newsletter

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Local Spotlight:

Established in July 1981, Montgomery County Crime Stoppers is among the first Crime Stoppers programs established in the great state of Texas.? In the last 42 years of operation, we are proud to have recovered $7,773,260 in property, $144,700 in cash seized and $10,044,604 in narcotics removed from our communities. With the promise of anonymity, we have played a role in the arresting of 2,618 criminals, 1,000 fugitives with active warrants and 3,106 cases closed.

In October of 2014, Montgomery County Crime Stoppers expanded our jurisdiction to include San Jacinto and Liberty Counties due to the growing need in surrounding communities.? Since then, we have operated under the name of Multi-County Crime Stoppers and continue to work hard to be a model program.? We have built a partnership with the many law enforcement agencies within the three counties we serve to include state, county, city, and school agencies. We are also proud to have been the parent Crime Stoppers program who developed a partnership with Door Barricade Systems, offering discounted pricing to help secure classrooms across the state.? This partnership has resulted in equipping Texas classrooms with devices to protect tens of thousands of children in the event of a threat.

Multi-County Crime Stoppers has built a successful fund-raising program to generate funds used to purchase barricades for classrooms, provide scholarships to students seeking education in Criminal Justice and children of local law enforcement officers.

Multi-County Crime Stoppers has worked closely with the Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers in paying rewards for the Texas Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives on numerous occasions. Recently, we partnered with Texas Crime Stoppers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in paying a reward for the apprehension of Francisco Oropesa, a suspect in a shooting that resulted in the death of five people in Cleveland, Texas. ?

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Semi-Annual Statistical Reporting

It?s time to submit your program?s statistical report. To access your report, select the hyperlink listed below, using the username and password that were previously sent to your program. *Reports are due July 31, 2023. *


* 2023 1st Period Statistical Report, January 1 - June 30 [ [link removed] ]

Please share this information with your board, executive director, and law enforcement coordinator(s) to give them ample time to gather the data to complete the report in a timely manner. If you have any questions (or need assistance with your username), contact Maggie Torres at (512) 463-8306 or [email protected].

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Training Opportunities

*Texas Crime Stoppers Basic Course Training?**
*Copperas Cove, Texas
August 7-8, 2023

Registration Now Open! [ [link removed] ]

*34th Annual Texas Crime Stoppers Conference**
*McAllen Convention Center- McAllen, Texas
October 3-5, 2023

*Texas Crime Stoppers Basic Course Training?**
*Navasota, Texas
April 22-23, 2024

*Texas Crime Stoppers Basic Course Training?**
*Boerne, Texas
June 2024

*Texas Crime Stoppers Basic Course Training?**
*Columbus, Texas
August 2024

Texas Crime Stoppers Events? [ [link removed] ]

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Texas Crime Stoppers Annual Conference

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McAllen Crime Stoppers has a dynamic, educational, and fun-filled conference planned for us this year!

October 3-5, 2023

Registration Now Open! [ [link removed] ]


2023 Texas Best Awards

Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Texas Best Awards. Certified Texas Crime Stoppers programs in good standing are encouraged to participate in this years' award competition recognizing the extraordinary efforts, commitment, and dedication to their mission of solving and preventing crime in Texas from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

Use one?entry form [ [link removed] ]?for each category and label each supporting item with your program name and competition category. Without exception, all entries are due by close of business?*Friday, August 25, 2023.*

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Crime Stoppers in the Field

Texas Crime Stoppers recently held a basic course training in Kerrville, Texas. The 16 hour basic Crime Stoppers course fulfills the training requirement for s programs certification. The hours also count towards an individual's TCOLE and CPE credit. The course included topics on operational guidelines, board responsibilities, campus crime stoppers, tip taking best practices, annual reporting, certification requirements, fundraising and marketing.

Thank you Kerr Crime Stoppers for hosting a great training!

Kerrville

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Texas Crime Stoppers Student Ambassadors

The Texas Crime Stoppers Ambassador Program is a student based leadership program for Texas youth involved in their local Crime Stoppers community across the state.

Each ambassador is assigned a month to submit an article to be featured on the Texas Crime Stoppers newsletter. The topics may include, campus program success stories, an interview with their Student Resource Officer or a board member, community engagement, editorials on leadership, mentoring, or student motivation.

Check out what the Ambassadors have to say! [ [link removed] ]

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Happy Anniversary!

**Copperas Cove Crime Stoppers*, Inc.*, 39 years?

**Crime Stoppers of Midland**, 39 years

*Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers, Inc.*, 37 years?

**Montague County Crime Stoppers**, 40 years

*Montgomery***?County Crime Stoppers (Multi-County Crime Stoppers)**, 42 years?

**Morris County Crime Stoppers, Inc.**, 40 years?

**Student Crime Stoppers of Amarillo, Inc.**, 32 years?

**West Wharton County Crime Stoppers,**?37 years?

Congratulations on all your years of service!? Thank you for the continued investment within your community which has paved the way for a safer, stronger future for our state.?

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